​Here you can find a brief overview of the Italian newspapers you can find in Italy and online.

National Italian Newspapers

In Italy, there are many kinds of newspapers, both national and regional. 

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The two main National Newspapers are Il Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica.

Il Corriere has its main office in Milan, while La Repubblica is in Rome.

Another leading Italian newspaper is Il Sole 24 Ore, which deals with financial and economic news.

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If you are looking for sports news, you should definitely choose “La Gazzetta Dello Sport,” which is the leading Italian sports newspaper.

Most of the Italian newspapers also have an online website where you can get free information. They also have a paid version, which is very cheap and grant you access to more in-depth articles.

Some of the most important Italian newspapers are in alphabetical order:

• L’Avvenire: it is a Catholic newspaper based in Milan
• Il Corriere Della Sera: together with La Repubblica is the leading Italian newspaper
• Il Corriere Dello Sport Stadio: a national journal specialized in sports news
• Il Fatto Quotidiano: Italian national newspaper founded in 2009 which is an opposition newspaper in particular against Berlusconi and its legacy
• La Gazzetta Dello Sport: It is the first sports daily newspaper in Italy and the third Italian daily newspaper by circulation. It is also the longest-lived of its kind in Europe. In Italy, it is called by several nicknames, including “Gazza.”
• Il Giornale Italian national newspaper based in Milan. Is has been owned by Berlusconi’s family since 1979.
• La Stampa: Italian national newspaper based in Turin. It is owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. (the same group that publish La Repubblica)
• La Repubblica: leading national newspaper published in Rome owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A.
• Il Sole 24 Ore: published in Milan, it is the leading financial newspaper in Italy.

Regional Italian Newspapers

If you are visiting a particular region and want to read the news of that area, you may want to buy or read online the local newspaper of that specific Italian region.

So here you have a list of the leading newspapers of each Italian region:

• Alto Adige (Bolzano, Trentino Alto Adige) – Local daily newspaper of Northern Italy owned by GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. Dolomiten is also published in Bolzano. It is the oldest and most popular German-language newspaper in South Tyrol.
• L’Arena (Verona, Veneto) – It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy, founded in 1866. It is the daily newspaper of Verona and province
• Il Centro (Pescara, Abruzzo) – Daly Newspaper of the Centre of Italy
• Il Corriere dell’Umbria (Perugia, Umbria) – It is the Daily Newspaper of Umbria region
• La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (Bari, Puglia) – It is one of the most important newspapers in Southern Italy, where it is most widely distributed
• Il Gazzettino (Mestre, Veneto) – It is the main newspaper in Venice and Triveneto (Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto, and Friuli Venezia Giulia)
• Il Giornale di Sicilia: (Palermo, Sicily) – It has both local and national edition
• Il Giorno (Milan, Lombardy) – The main local newspaper in Milan
• Il Mattino (Naples, Campania) – iI is the daily newspaper of Naples and the most widespread in southern Italy.
• Il Messaggero (Rome, Lazio) – The leading daily newspaper of Rome and Lazio
• Il Messaggero Veneto (Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia) – It is the best-selling regional newspaper in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
• La Nazione (Florence, Tuscany) – It is the main daily newspaper in Florence, but it has national distribution. It is particularly widespread in Tuscany, Umbria, and the Ligurian province of La Spezia.
• La Nuova Sardegna (Sassari, Sardinia) – It is the most widespread newspaper in northern Sardinia
• Il Resto del Carlino (Bologna, Emilia Romagna) – It is one of the oldest Italian newspapers. Founded in 1885, It is the first daily newspaper in Emilia Romagna and the newspaper of Bologna par excellence.
• Il Tirreno (Livorno, Tuscany) – It is a newspaper published by GEDI Editoriale Group (La Repubblica). It is based in Livorno and is distributed in the provinces of Livorno, Pisa, Lucca, Pistoia, Grosseto, Massa Carrara, Prato and Florence.
• L’Unione Sarda (Cagliari, Sardinia) – The oldest and most-read daily newspaper in Sardinia
• Il Secolo XIX (Genoa, Liguria) – It is the historical newspaper of Genoa, founded in 1886. It is a daily newspaper with national circulation, although it is mainly read in Liguria.
• La Sicilia (Catania, Sicily) – It is the second most important newspaper in Sicily.

Italian Newspapers in English

The leading Italian newspapers don’t have a translation in English, so what you can do is to use online tools such as Google translator.

But if you are looking for Italian news, you can find the most important ones on the primary worldwide news providers such as Ansa (It is the first multimedia information agency in Italy), BBC, The Local

Italian Newspapers Online Subscription

If you are studying Italian or if you are just Italian leaving abroad for a while you can read Italian Newspapers online. In this case, you must be aware of the fact that you are allowed to read only a few articles online. Then you will be asked to make a subscription.

If you are looking for a full subscription with a huge discount you can have a look at these offers:

• Full subscription to “Il Corriere Della Sera.”
• Full subscription to “La Gazzetta Dello Sport”
• Full subscription to “Il Giornale”
• Subscription to other Italian Newspapers and Italian Magazines