La Repubblica
La Repubblica is one of Italy's largest national daily newspapers, based in Rome. Widely regarded as centre-left in editorial orientation, it covers politics, economics, society, sport, and culture. It is among the most influential papers in the country and maintains one of Italy's most visited news websites alongside its print edition.
La Repubblica at a glance
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1976
- Published from
- Rome
- Website
- repubblica.it ↗
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How Crosswire groups La Repubblica
Crosswire groups La Repubblica as Centrist for comparisons within Italy's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Italy, Il Fatto Quotidiano is listed as Left-leaning, while Il Giornale is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open La Repubblica beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where La Repubblica sits in Italy's press
La Repubblica was founded in 1976 and is published from Rome. It is one of 10 outlets tracked in Italy, and one of 7 daily newspapers among them — the others being Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Il Messaggero, Il Giornale, 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 La Repubblica outside Italy, starting with Southern Europe, are Público (Portugal), Kathimerini (Greece), Times of Malta (Malta) and Cyprus Mail (Cyprus). Opening one of them beside La Repubblica is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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