Il Giornale

Il Giornale ( German for: The Newspaper ) is an Italian daily newspaper based in Milan. It is owned by Paolo Berlusconi, brother of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

History

The newspaper was founded in 1974 by Indro Montanelli as Il Giornale Nuovo and is characterized by a strong, populist opposition to the political left out. With the occurrence of financial difficulties in 1977 Montanelli accepted grants in the form of a 30 percent stake of Silvio was not yet active in politics, Berlusconi, who thus became the publisher of the newspaper. Until the entry Berlusconi in politics in December 1993, Montanelli was editor of the Giornale; However, as a result, he founded the newspaper La Voce. In the 1990s, Berlusconi held 82 % of the shares of the newspaper. As a result of the media law adopted in 1990 " Legge Mummy " Silvio Berlusconi sold the newspaper in 1994 to his brother Paolo Berlusconi. New director was Vittorio Feltri.

2010 was Il Giornale after sales in eighth place among the national dailies in Italy.