Panorama (magazine)

Panorama is a weekly news magazine based in the city of Milan, Italy.[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 La Verità Srl, having bought it in 2018 from Arnoldo Mondadori Editore,[5][7] the largest Italian publishing house.[8] Mondadori 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.[9] The circulation of the magazine was 530,031 copies between September 1993 and August 1994.[10] In 2000 it rose to 566,000 copies.[11] The 2003 circulation of the weekly was 525,000 copies.[4] Its circulation was 514,000 copies in 2004.[12] It was the third best-selling news magazine in Italy in 2007[13] with a circulation of 479,297 copies.[14] The circulation of the magazine was 511,349 copies in 2010.[15] 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 Mulé 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

  • List of newspapers in Italy

References

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  17. Circulation data Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa 24 November 2021.^
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