L'Eco di Bergamo

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L'Eco di Bergamo
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Bergamo Dioceses
Founder(s)Sesa Company
PublisherSESAAB
Founded1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Political alignmentCatholic faith
LanguageItalian
HeadquartersBergamo
WebsiteL'Eco di Bergamo

L'Eco di Bergamo is an Italian language daily newspaper published in Bergamo, Italy.

History and profile

A newspaper stand in Lombardy for L'Eco di Bergamo and Orobie

L'Eco di Bergamo was established by the Sesa company in 1880.[1][2][3] Its publisher is SESAAB, which is owned by the Bergamo Dioceses.[1] SESAAB also publishes four editions of La Provincia newspaper, namely those of Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese.[4]

The headquarters of L'Eco di Bergamo is in Bergamo[4] and the paper is published in the Berliner format.[5] It is the first Italian newspaper which introduced color.[5]

L'Eco di Bergamo has a Catholic-oriented leaning.[6][7][8] An Italian priest Andrea Spada served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for 51 years.[1][9] He was appointed to the post in 1938[10] and was in office until 1989.[6]

At the end of the 1990s L'Eco di Bergamo had a circulation of 68,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 56,000 copies in 2007.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dean Roper (September 1999). "SESAAB gives L'Eco di Bergamo power to diversify its activities" (PDF). WAN IFRA. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Articles". Remco Torenbosch. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ Western Europe 2003. Psychology Press. 30 November 2002. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b "SESAAB group consolidates with Méthode". EidosMedia. Milan. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "L'Eco di Bergamo". Sol361. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Newspapers". Ciao Italy. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ John Pollard (30 June 2008). Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics Since 1861. Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-134-55675-5. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture (PDF). London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-74849-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. ^ Adriana Trigiani (3 April 2012). The Shoemaker's Wife. S M. p. 479. GGKEY:FZNQBU8Q13H. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  10. ^ Peter Hebblethwaite (1 March 2005). John XXIII: Pope of the Century. A&C Black. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-86012-387-3. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  11. ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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