Il Piccolo
 Front page (Trieste edition), 11 October 2008
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso |
| Editor | Paolo Possamai |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Political alignment | Progressivism |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Trieste, Italy |
| Circulation | 28,800 (2014) |
| Website | ilpiccolo |
Il Piccolo is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original small format.
History and profile
Il Piccolo was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881.[1] He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the paper.[1] Mayer and other people who were instrumental in the establishment of the paper were right-wing pro-Italians.[1][2] Mayer supported the idea that Trieste was part of Italy.[1]
Il Piccolo ceased publication at the beginning of World War I.[1] In 1919 it was relaunched.[1] Until the end of World War II the paper was edited by those with fascist political leaning.[2]
Il Piccolo is based in Trieste[3] and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA[4] which has been a subsidiary of Gruppo Espresso since 1998.[5] Local editions for the towns of Monfalcone, Gorizia and Istria (Croatia) are also printed. It has a progressive political stance.[6]
Circulation
The circulation of Il Piccolo was 40,231 copies in 2008.[7] The paper had a circulation of 31,302 copies in 2013.[8] The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 28,800 copies in 2014.[3]
Notes
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External links
- Official website (Italian)
- Use dmy dates from March 2015
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- 1881 establishments in Italy
- Publications established in 1881
- Newspapers published in Italy
- Italian-language newspapers
- Media in Trieste
- Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso
- 1881 establishments in Austria-Hungary
