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Monday 21 January 2019

First Italian Newspaper

Gazzetta di Mantova
Gazzetta di Mantova is an Italian language local daily newspaper published in Mantua, in northern Italy.

Year : June 1664 in Mantua 

First Copies
The first copies were twenty-four centimeters by sixteen and a half, the name of the city and the date at the top, then on the four sides the most recent news (so to speak) written across the page and divided in turn by the indication of the place and day of origin.

Content
The publication avoided dealing with any event that could in any way involve politics of court; on the contrary, it limited itself to mainly referring to city news, religious solemnities, visits by rulers and important personalities, events concerning local notables and particular attention was devoted to military events; so much so that his reports were a very precious source for reconstructing the various wars of succession and for completing, if not often correcting, what was told in the bookish chronicles relating to those same historical facts.

Appearance
A first documented appearance of today 's heading takes place in a supplement dated 12 August 1705 with the words Supplimento della Gazzetta di Mantova . 

Universal
In the years between 1741 and 1759 appeared the headline Universal Wanderings of Europe and other places. The outputs were weekly throughout the 18th century.

French Domination
On the contrary, the period of French domination , which began with the Siege of Mantua in 1796, had more serious consequences: on 21 October 1796 the Gazette ceased publication.

Resumed
The publications resumed on March 12, 1801. On January 3, 1807 appeared the newspaper , still used, of Gazzetta di Mantova ; during the year the Gazzetta officially became a biweekly one. 

19th century
For over half of the nineteenth century, the newspaper's exit cadence varied from one to three weekly numbers; periodicity passed definitively to daily on 1 January 1866 . In the same year Mantua was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy ; subsequently the newspaper's voice assumed a moderate progressive type orientation. In these years he was directed by eminent personalities of the national cultural and political landscape: figures such as the great historian and journalist Alessandro Luzio , who led it between the years 1882 and 1893 , or the economist Salvatore Cognetti de Martiis .

20th century
The newspaper, which since 7 February 1816 continues to be printed uninterruptedly in its traditional newspaper, is temporarily ceased only on 1 January 1920 .

Resumed
With the end of the Fascist twenty years and the democratic restoration, on 21st July 1946 , the Journal can resume its daily publication, first as an organ of the CLN, then, with the ancient newspaper, as a local newspaper, free and independent. His first post-war publishing company is CITEM, or the Mantovana Publishing Cooperative , which remained until 1981 when Arnoldo Mondadori Editore took over the newspaper while retaining CITEM as a printing company.

Founder
In the following years the Gazzetta takes the tabloid format and its company becomes the founder of new local newspapers such as the Gazzetta di Modena , the Gazzetta di Carpi, the Gazzetta di Reggio (the latter refounded) and the Nuova Ferrara .

Renewal
In 1989 the Gazzetta di Mantova and the company that controls it was purchased by Finegil Editoriale SpA of Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso , which allows it to implement the type and variety of content offered as well as to renew itself, remaining at the forefront in terms of technological. 

Online Edition
In December 1998 it is able to offer its readers the complete online edition, which can be consulted and downloaded.

In Addition
La Gazzetta is also a school of journalism, as well as a cornerstone of publishing.

Website : gazzettadimantova.gelocal.it

YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/fjOR60hi91E (Italian)

References
Wikipedia, Odg, Official Website, Google Books 

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