La Repubblica

This article is about the Italian newspaper. For other newspapers, see La República (disambiguation).

la Repubblica
Front page, 7 November 2007
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)GEDI Gruppo Editoriale
EditorMario Orfeo
Founded14 January 1976; 48 years ago (1976-01-14)
Political alignment
LanguageItalian
HeadquartersRome, Italy
CountryItaly
Circulation301,565 (May 2014)
Sister newspapersLa Stampa (since 2017)
ISSN0390-1076
OCLC number642673598
Websitewww.repubblica.it Edit this at Wikidata

la Repubblica (Italian: [la reˈpubblika]; English: "the Republic") is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper with an average circulation of 151,309 copies in May 2023.[1] It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo, and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore as a leftist newspaper, which proclaimed itself a "newspaper-party" (giornale-partito).[2][3] During the early years of la Repubblica, its political views and readership ranged from the reformist left to the extraparliamentary left.[4] Into the 21st century, it is identified with centre-left politics,[5] and was known for its anti-Berlusconism,[6] and Silvio Berlusconi's personal scorn for the paper.[7]

In April 2020, the paper was acquired by the GEDI Gruppo Editoriale of John Elkann and the Agnelli family, who is also the founder and owner of La Stampa. Maurizio Molinari, the then editor of La Stampa, was appointed as la Repubblica's editor in place of Carlo Verdelli [it];[8][9] this prompted the resignation of several journalists opposed to this change.[10] Under Molinari, it took a moderate line,[11] and tried to go beyond the political left and right,[12] and against populism.[13] At the same time, because "information is essential to support and animate a widespread laboratory of ideas on what economic justice means today", it was concerned about economic and social inequalities.[14][15][16] Under Molinari, it equated work on paper to digital work and followed the digital first theory.[17] La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera are known for their fact-checking.[18] Alongside Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Il Sole 24 Ore, and Il Messaggero, it is one of the main national newspapers in Italy.[19][20]

  1. ^ Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa, May 2023.
  2. ^ "La Repubblica". La Storia siamo noi (in Italian). 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Saitta, Eugénie (April 2006). "The Transformations of Traditional Mass Media Involvement in the Political and Electoral Process" (PDF). Nicosia, Cyprus: European Consortium for Political Research. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (Conference Paper) on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ Castronovo, Valerio; Tranfaglia, Nicola, eds. (1994). La stampa italiana nell'età della TV. Rome: Laterza. p. 9.
  5. ^ Hooper, John (16 February 2011). "Silvio Berlusconi says he's not worried about standing trial". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ^ Stille, Alexander (31 July 2007). The Sack of Rome: Media + Money + Celebrity = Power = Silvio Berlusconi. Penguin Group US. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-101-20168-8. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. ^ Donadio, Rachel (3 May 2009). "Italy Premier's Drama Unfolds in Press". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2023. I'd like to close the curtain on our married life,' Veronica Lario, 52, told La Repubblica, the centre-left daily despised by Mr. Berlusconi.
  8. ^ Curci, Daniele (26 April 2020). "Un giornale che dichiarava di aver fatto una scelta di campo". L'Eclettico (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. ^ zacchi, michele (24 May 2020). "La nuova "Repubblica" nel crepuscolo dell'editoria". Leggilanotizia (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  10. ^ Sorrentino, Carlo (30 April 2020). "'la Repubblica': è la fine di una storia?". Il Mulino (in Italian). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Repubblica veste Agnelli. Cambio di proprietà e linea". lanuovabq.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Intervista a Maurizio Molinari: "Vi racconto la mia nuova Repubblica"". ilfoglio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Giù 'Repubblica' e 'Stampa', anche nell'era Elkann". Avanti (in Italian). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Molinari: 'Opposizione e maggioranza hanno uguale interesse a sconfiggere le diseguaglianze'". Repubblica TV – Repubblica (in Italian). 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Maurizio Molinari: 'Il governo punta sul precariato mentre il lavoro ha bisogno di innovazione'". Repubblica TV – Repubblica (in Italian). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Maurizio Molinari: 'Il ritardo maggiore di Meloni è nella lotta alle diseguaglianze'". Repubblica TV – Repubblica (in Italian). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  17. ^ Borghi, Roberto (10 May 2021). "Repubblica rivoluziona il lavoro in redazione. Da oggi spostato la mattina l'asse del giornale. Stop a "pigri automatismi"". Primaonline (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  18. ^ Thurman, Judith (24 June 2010). "Debenedetti Confesses!". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Italy media guide". BBC News Online. 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  20. ^ Langer, Emily (14 July 2022). "Eugenio Scalfari, elder statesman of Italian journalism, dies at 98". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.