Il Giornale

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet

Owner	Società Europea di Edizioni S.p.A.
Editor	Maurizio Belpietro
Founded	1974
Political allegiance	Conservatism, Liberalism
Language	Italian
Headquarters	Via Gaetano Negri 4, Milan, Italy
Circulation	204,004 (2005) ^[1]

Website: il Giornale.it

The correct title of this article is il Giornale. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

Il Giornale is a daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy. Characterized from its birth by strong opposition to the left-wing parties of its time, il Giornale was founded in 1974 by Indro Montanelli, who did not support the new progressive line adopted by Corriere della Sera, where he was one of the historic names. In 1977 Montanelli, in economical difficulties, accepted a financing offer by Silvio Berlusconi, who thus became the newspaper publisher. Indro Montanelli edited and directed il Giornale from its creation, until Berlusconi entered politics (December 1993). At that time he decided to found the new daily La Voce.

In 1994, Berlusconi sold il Giornale to his brother Paolo and Vittorio Feltri replaced Indro Montanelli in the newspaper editorship.

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^ Data for average number of paid-for copies (Totale pagata) from the Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa (Ads) survey on 2005 newspapers sales in Italy [1] (Excel file).

Newspapers published in Italy