Panorama
October 1962 edition
Former editorsEzio Mauro
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation80,318 (May 2021)
PublisherArnoldo Mondadori Editore
First issue27 April 1939 (1939-04-27)
CompanyPanorama S.r.l (La Verità Group)
CountryItaly
Based inMilan
LanguageItalian
Websitepanorama.it
ISSN0553-1098

Panorama is a weekly Italian-language news magazine published in Italy and based in Milan.[1]

History and overview

Panorama was founded in Milan in 1939.[2] The magazine was temporarily closed by the Fascist rule in December 1940 due to the publication of the translated texts by Ada Prospero.[3] It was relaunched by Italian publisher Arnoldo Mondadori in cooperation with the American Time Inc. group in Milan in October 1962.[4][5][6]

The magazine came out biweekly in the initial period.[3]

Ownership

The magazine is owned and published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore,[5][7][8] the largest Italian publishing house.[9] The company is controlled by Fininvest, a financial holding company controlled by the family of Silvio Berlusconi,[2][5] a former Prime Minister of Italy. Although American group Time-Life company also owned the magazine, later it left the magazine due to low circulation levels.[6]

Circulation

Panorama had a circulation of 350,429 copies in 1984.[10] The circulation of the magazine was 530,031 copies between September 1993 and August 1994.[11] In 2000 it rose to 566,000 copies.[12] The 2003 circulation of the weekly was 525,000 copies.[4] Its circulation was 514,000 copies in 2004.[13] It was the third best-selling news magazine in Italy in 2007[14] with a circulation of 479,297 copies.[15] The circulation of the magazine was 511,349 copies in 2010.[8] The magazine had a circulation of 303,422 copies in June 2013.[16] The magazine had a circulation of 80,318 copies and sold 47,425 copies in May 2021.[17]

Management and staff

Maurizio Belpietro is the magazine's director, succeeding Giorgio Mulè and Pietro Calabrese. A former director of the magazine, Carlo Rossella, became a director of Medusa Film.

Contributors

Adolfo Battaglia, a veteran journalist and politician, is among the former contributors of Panorama.[18]

The current contributors of Panorama include:

  • Maurizio Belpietro
  • Mario Giordano
  • Marcello Veneziani
  • Giacomo Amadori
  • Fausto Biloslavo
  • Vittorio Sgarbi
  • Lorenzo del Boca
  • Fabio Amendolara
  • Daniela Mattalia
  • Francesco Borgonovo
  • Giorgio Sturlese Tosi
  • Luca Sciortino
  • Carlo Puca
  • Luca Telese
  • Antonio Rossitto
  • Marco Morello
  • Marianna Baroli
  • Guido Castellano
  • Francesco Canino
  • Guido Fontanelli

See also

January 2018 Panorama cover, Mondadori
2004 Panorama cover, Mondadori

References

  1. Kim Kavin (18 February 2010). The Everything Travel Guide to Italy: A complete guide to Venice, Florence, Rome, and Capri - and all the breathtaking places in between. Everything Books. p. 404. ISBN 978-1-4405-0180-7. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "The most important Italian magazines". Life in Italy. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 Rita Filanti (2018). "Self-Censorship and Fascism". Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics. 38: 157. JSTOR 26496373.
  4. 1 2 "Influential weeklies". BBC. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "The press in Italy". BBC. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 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 11 January 2015.
  7. Eric Lyman (5 March 2014). "Italian publisher unveils magazine dedicated to Pope Francis". National Catholic Reporter. Rome. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  9. Yoo Hyae Huh (2007). "Social Responsibility of the Media: The Italian Media under Berlusconi" (PDF). The Mediterranean Review. 1 (2). Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  10. Maria Teresa Crisci. "Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines" (PDF). The Print and Digital Research Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  11. "Top paid-circulation consumer magazines". Ad Age. 17 April 1995. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. "Top 50 General Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  14. 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.
  15. "Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)". Fotografi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  16. Data Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa 26 August 2013.
  17. Circulation data Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa 24 November 2021.
  18. "Autore: Adolfo Battaglia". First Online (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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