il Resto del Carlino
Front page of il Resto del Carlino, 3 August 1914
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Monrif
RCS MediaGroup
PublisherPoligrafici Editoriale
EditorAndrea Cangini
Founded21 March 1885; 139 years ago (1885-03-21)
Political alignmentConservatism
Centrism
LanguageItalian
HeadquartersBologna, Italy
Circulation63,381 (2012)
Sister newspapersLa Nazione
ISSN1128-6741
Websitewww.ilrestodelcarlino.it

il Resto del Carlino is an Italian newspaper based in Bologna, and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy. Its rather evocative name means "the change you get from a carlino", which the smallest part of the Papal baiocco (no longer legal tender in united Italy but a word still used in Bologna to refer to 10 cent coins): a sheet of local news was given out in shops to make up for the change owing after buying a cigar (which was worth 8 cents).

History and profile

il Resto del Carlino was established in 1885.[1][2] The founder was Amilcare Zamorani.[3] Between 1912 and 1914 its editor was Giovanni Amendola.[4] In 1988 the owner of the paper was Monrif.[5] In 2004 the owners were Monrif (59.2%) and the RCS MediaGroup (9.9%).[6] The publisher of the paper is Poligrafici Editoriali.[6]

il Resto del Carlino is based in Bologna[1][2] and is published in tabloid format.[7] Its sister newspapers are La Nazione and Il Giorno.[6]

Circulation

The 1988 circulation of il Resto del Carlino was 310,000 copies.[5] Its circulation was 188,000 copies in 2000.[8] The circulation of the paper was 183,513 copies in 2001 and it was 180,098 copies in 2002.[6] The paper had a circulation of 179,000 copies in 2003[7] and 176,277 copies in 2004.[9] It was 168,000 copies in 2007[10] and 165,207 copies in 2008.[11]

In 2012 the paper sold 63,381 copies.[12]

Local editions

References

  1. ^ a b "Il Resto del Carlino". Monrif Group. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Andrea Keikkala (25 June 2013). "Mario Carnali: Cagli's Journalist Since 1973". Gonzaga in Cagli. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. ^ Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Blu-Cof. Granite Hill Publishers. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-02-865932-9.
  4. ^ Mark F. Gilbert; K. Robert Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy (2nd ed.). Lanham, Maryland; Toronto; Plymouth, UK: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-5381-0254-1.
  5. ^ a b Peter Humphreys (1996). Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 90. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d David Ward (2004). "A Mapping Study of Media Concentration and Ownership in Ten European Countries" (PDF). Dutch Media Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ^ "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  10. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  11. ^ Data for average newspaper circulation. Survey in 2008 in Italy Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa.
  12. ^ "Daily newspapers: national circulation (2012)". Agcom. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

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