Il Fatto Quotidiano
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il Fatto Quotidiano is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto SpA. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and has been edited by Antonio Padellaro since then.
was asked by fellow journalist Massimo Fini to advertise the latter's newly founded magazine, La Voce del Ribelle ("The Rebel's Voice"), on the former's blog, voglioscendere.it, with the objective of gathering "a few hundred subscriptions". Thousands of people answered, allowing Fini's magazine to succeed.
Because of this success, Travaglio started considering the idea of using his blog to launch a new independent newspaper, with no public funding, which in Italy depends on political support from a number of MPs.
The intention of publishing a new national newspaper was announced by Marco Travaglio
on his blog, voglioscendere.it on 1 June 2009. The title il Fatto Quotidiano was chosen as a homage to journalist Enzo Biagi
, who was purged from state television RAI
at prime minister
Silvio Berlusconi
's request
, and whose daily ten-minute prime-time
news commentary on Rai Uno
, named Il Fatto, was removed from programming. The newspaper could not just be named "Il Fatto" because RAI, the italian public broadcast vetoed it mentioning name ownership, even if its very management was the one who put it off the air.
In June 2009, l'Antefatto, a promotional website, was set up containing information about subscription and the development of the project.
The publisher stated he would not use the Italian state funding to run the newspaper, for which a news paper needs support from some MPs, but only money coming from sales and fair advertisement.
The first issue, printed in 100,000 copies in addition to 32,000 subscriptions, was already sold out before 8:00 AM on 23 September, even though distribution was limited to the largest cities. As a consequence, the newspaper announced it would immediately double the number of copies and publish the first issue, free of charge, on the Internet.
. The company regulation states that up to 70% of the shares can be owned by entrepreneurs, but no one of them can own more than 16% of the share capital
, estimated in 600,000 euros. The remaining 30% of the shares is owned by the newspaper columnists. Therefore, no important choice can be made without the consent of the columnists as a 70% majority + 1 is needed to carry out decisions about the newspaper policy or editor election. The managing director is Giorgio Poidomani.
format and full colour. It's distributed in Italy either by post and over 25,000 newsagents in the major Italian towns and regions. A significant fraction of the readership, about one fifth, is made out of subscriptions to the PDF
version of the newspaper.
History
In late 2008, Marco TravaglioMarco Travaglio
Marco Travaglio is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commentator.-Biography:Travaglio was born in Turin. He started his career writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo , then worked for the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and...
was asked by fellow journalist Massimo Fini to advertise the latter's newly founded magazine, La Voce del Ribelle ("The Rebel's Voice"), on the former's blog, voglioscendere.it, with the objective of gathering "a few hundred subscriptions". Thousands of people answered, allowing Fini's magazine to succeed.
Because of this success, Travaglio started considering the idea of using his blog to launch a new independent newspaper, with no public funding, which in Italy depends on political support from a number of MPs.
The intention of publishing a new national newspaper was announced by Marco Travaglio
Marco Travaglio
Marco Travaglio is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commentator.-Biography:Travaglio was born in Turin. He started his career writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo , then worked for the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and...
on his blog, voglioscendere.it on 1 June 2009. The title il Fatto Quotidiano was chosen as a homage to journalist Enzo Biagi
Enzo Biagi
Enzo Biagi was an Italian journalist and writer.-Biography:Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career as a journalist in Bologna. Active in journalism for six decades and author of some eighty books, Biagi won numerous awards, among which the 1979 Saint Vincent prize and the...
, who was purged from state television RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
at prime minister
Prime minister of Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
's request
Editto Bulgaro
The Editto Bulgaro , also going under the name of "the Bulgarian Ukase" in Italian newspapers, was a statement of Silvio Berlusconi, at the time Prime Minister of Italy, about the behavior of some journalists and television stars in the Italian media system, which was pronounced during a press...
, and whose daily ten-minute prime-time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
news commentary on Rai Uno
Rai Uno
Rai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...
, named Il Fatto, was removed from programming. The newspaper could not just be named "Il Fatto" because RAI, the italian public broadcast vetoed it mentioning name ownership, even if its very management was the one who put it off the air.
In June 2009, l'Antefatto, a promotional website, was set up containing information about subscription and the development of the project.
The publisher stated he would not use the Italian state funding to run the newspaper, for which a news paper needs support from some MPs, but only money coming from sales and fair advertisement.
The first issue, printed in 100,000 copies in addition to 32,000 subscriptions, was already sold out before 8:00 AM on 23 September, even though distribution was limited to the largest cities. As a consequence, the newspaper announced it would immediately double the number of copies and publish the first issue, free of charge, on the Internet.
Ownership
il Fatto Quotidiano is published by Editoriale Il Fatto SpA, an Italian joint stock companyJoint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
. The company regulation states that up to 70% of the shares can be owned by entrepreneurs, but no one of them can own more than 16% of the share capital
Share capital
Share capital or issued capital or capital stock refers to the portion of a company's equity that has been obtained by trading stock to a shareholder for cash or an equivalent item of capital value...
, estimated in 600,000 euros. The remaining 30% of the shares is owned by the newspaper columnists. Therefore, no important choice can be made without the consent of the columnists as a 70% majority + 1 is needed to carry out decisions about the newspaper policy or editor election. The managing director is Giorgio Poidomani.
Format and circulation
il Fatto Quotidiano is printed in the compactCompact (newspaper)
A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially one in the United Kingdom. The term is used also for this size came into use in its current use when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier...
format and full colour. It's distributed in Italy either by post and over 25,000 newsagents in the major Italian towns and regions. A significant fraction of the readership, about one fifth, is made out of subscriptions to the PDF
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
version of the newspaper.
Columnists
- Marco TravaglioMarco TravaglioMarco Travaglio is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commentator.-Biography:Travaglio was born in Turin. He started his career writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo , then worked for the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and...
- Nuccio Ciconte
- Vitantonio Lopez
- Sandra Amurri
- Gianni Barbacetto
- Oliviero Beha
- Francesco Bonazzi
- Beatrice BorromeoBeatrice BorromeoBeatrice Borromeo was born in Innichen on 18 August 1985. She is a member of the ancient aristocratic House of Borromeo, and she is well known in the Italian news media as an outspoken television personality. At the age of 16, she began work as a fashion model...
- Furio Colombo
- Silvia D'Onghia
- Alessandro Ferrucci
- Enrico Fierro
- Massimo Fini
- Peter Gomez
- Marco Lillo
- Wanda Marra
- Malcom Pagani
- Luca Telese