Type Daily newspaper | Language Italian | |
Owner(s) Società Editrice Siciliana Founded 13 April 1952; 64 years ago (1952-04-13) | ||
Gazzetta del Sud is an Italian language regional daily newspaper for the south of Italy. The paper is published in Messina.
History and profile
Gazzetta del Sud was founded in 1952 in Messina, Sicily by the Italian businessman and member of Liberal Party Uberto Bonino. Since 2006, it has been published in tabloid format. The paper has an independent political stance.
Gazzetta del Sud is one of the most important newspapers published in Southern Italy; has the largest readership in Calabria and is the third-most read newspaper in Sicily, after the Giornale di Sicilia and La Sicilia. In 2008 the circulation of the paper was 49,872 copies.
The paper publishes 5 different local editions: Messina, Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Catanzaro-Crotone-Lamezia-Vibo and Catania-Ragusa-Siracusa