L'Unione Sarda

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L'Unione Sarda
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WebsiteL'Unione Sarda

L'Unione Sarda is an Italian regional

daily newspaper for the island of Sardinia
. It is the oldest newspaper in Sardinia still publishing.

History and profile

L'Unione Sarda was first published on 13 October 1889.[1] In its initial phase Raffa Gazia was the publisher of the paper.[2] It was a radical publication and Antonio Gramsci was among the contributors.[2] He published his first article in the paper.[3]

L'Unione Sarda is based in Cagliari[4] and owned by the Italian businessman Sergio Zuncheddu. Its publisher is L'Unione Sarda SPA.[4] The paper has four editions.[5] It has been the first European newspapers with its own website, launched in 1994.[6]

On its 120th anniversary of the establishment a commemorative stamp was published by the post of Italy on 13 October 2009.[1]

In 2004 the circulation of L'Unione Sarda was 66,700 copies.[7] The paper had a circulation of 68,332 copies in 2008.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "IT051.09". WNS Stamps. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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  4. ^ a b "L'Unione Sarda". Publicitas. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  5. ^ "L'Unione Sarda". Prime Media. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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  7. ^ "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  8. ^ Data for average newspaper circulation in 2008 in Italy Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa.

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