Front page, 30 May 2009
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Monrif
RCS MediaGroup
PublisherPoligrafici Editoriale
EditorPierfrancesco De Robertis
Founded8 July 1859; 164 years ago (1859-07-08)
Political alignmentCentrism
Conservatism
LanguageItalian
HeadquartersFlorence, Italy
Circulation52,653 (2012)
ISSN0391-6863
WebsiteLa Nazione

La Nazione is one of the oldest regional newspapers in Italy, and was established on 8 July 1859. The paper is based in Florence.

History and profile

La Nazione was founded by Bettino Ricasoli, interim head of the Tuscan government.[1][2] The first issue appeared on 8 July 1859.[1] Its title reflects the hope of Ricasoli for a unified Italy.[1]

La Nazione merged with Cavour's famous political newspaper Il Risorgimento. Based in Florence, Italy,[3] it is published in fourteen editions[4] including those for the regions of Tuscany, Umbria and for the Province of La Spezia in Liguria.[5] The early contributors include Edmondo de Amicis, Carlo Lorenzini, Giovanni Spadolini, Giuseppe Prezzolini and Mario Luzi.[4]

In 2004, the owners were Monrif (59.2%) and the RCS MediaGroup (9.9%).[6] The publisher of La Nazione is Poligrafici Editoriali.[6] The paper is published in tabloid format.[7]

Circulation

The 1988 circulation of La Nazione was 288,000 copies.[3] Between 1998 and 2001 the paper had a 30% share of the Italian language newspaper market in Tuscany.[8]

The circulation of the paper was 149,997 copies in 2001 and 143,554 copies in 2002.[6] Its circulation was 145,000 copies in 2003[7] and 144,463 copies in 2004.[9] The paper had a circulation of 138,000 copies in 2007[10] and 136,993 copies in 2008.[11]

In 2012, La Nazione sold 52,653,953 copies.[12]

Notable journalists

La Nazione editorial office in Florence

Editors

The 150th anniversary of its creation

The 150 years since the foundation has been recalled by a special stamp issued by the Italian post office. In addition to a special issue [13] was organized series of conferences that have enhanced the role of Bettino Ricasoli when the foundation of the newspaper.

It has also produced a commemorative book at newsstand in January 2009, and a deluxe version in bookstores. The book, written by the historic signing of The Nation has been enriched by Maurizio Naldini pictorial performed by Luca Parenti, Marco Innocenti. The volume is divided into three parts, introduced by four professors and historians: Zefiro Ciuffoletti, Cosimo Cecchi and Sandro Rogai. A summary of this book have been printed 20 local cases, attached to the journal in different areas of diffusion, which follows the life of the everyday in relation to the city treated and re-reads a file that the development of advertising from 1859 to the present day in the newspaper founded Florentine by Bettino Ricasoli.[13]

Among the other conventions of particular interest that will play on the future of agricultural resources and food that would feature theFoundation Old New Land, a youth association recently born in Florence between young teachers of the historical and natural materials for the study of the relationship between Earth and the needs of its inhabitants.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "150 years of La Nazion". The Florentine. No. 92. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ Matthew Hibberd (1 December 2007). The Media in Italy: Press, Cinema and Broadcasting from Unification to Digital. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). p. 26. ISBN 978-0-335-23516-2. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b Peter Humphreys (1996). Mass Media and Media Policy in Western Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780719031977. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "La Nazione". Monrif Group. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Newspaper evaluation sheet" (PDF). Mediva. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b c 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 15 February 2015.
  8. ^ Angelo Andrea Di Castro; Marika Vicziany (2007). "Chinese Dragons in Prato" (Discussion Paper 47). Monash University. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  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 in 2008 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa
  12. ^ "Daily newspapers: national circulation (2012)". Agcom. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  13. ^ a b The nation 150 years Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "poster of the conference" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

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