Il Giornale
Il Giornale is an Italian daily newspaper known for its conservative and right-leaning editorial orientation. Based in Milan, it covers national and international politics, economics, and current affairs. It has historically been associated with centre-right and conservative readers and provides commentary and reporting aimed at that audience alongside its online news platform.
Il Giornale at a glance
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Founded
- 1974
- Owner
- The Angelucci family
- Published from
- Milan
- Website
- ilgiornale.it ↗
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How Crosswire groups Il Giornale
Crosswire groups Il Giornale as Right-leaning for comparisons within Italy's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Italy, Il Fatto Quotidiano is listed as Left-leaning, while Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica are listed as Centrist — so you can open Il Giornale beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Il Giornale sits in Italy's press
Il Giornale was founded in 1974, is published from Milan and is owned by The Angelucci family. It is one of 10 outlets tracked in Italy, and one of 7 daily newspapers among them — the others being Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, La Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Fatto Quotidiano. By outlets tracked, Italy ranks fourth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Il Giornale outside Italy, starting with Southern Europe, are Delo (Slovenia), Jutarnji list (Croatia), Dnevni avaz (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Danas (Serbia). Opening one of them beside Il Giornale is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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