la Repubblica

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Type National daily newspaper
Format Berliner

Owner Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso SpA
Editor Ezio Mauro
Founded 1976
Political allegiance Social liberalism, Social democracy, Progressivism, centre-left
Language Italian
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Circulation 587,268 (2005) [1]

Website: www.repubblica.it

la Repubblica (meaning: "the Republic") is the largest circulation[2] Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by the Espresso group led by Eugenio Scalfari and Carlo Caracciolo and the Mondadori group. It has since kept a moderate centre-left political stance.

After Silvio Berlusconi acquired the group in 1990, the Italian political establishment led by the Christian Democrat Giulio Andreotti forced him to sell the newspaper to Carlo De Benedetti, who still owns it. It is now directed by Ezio Mauro.

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Data for average readers in 2006 from "Audipress" [2]

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