ItalyOwnership & classification
Founded: 1974
Ownership
Founded in Milan in 1974 by journalist Indro Montanelli after he left Corriere della Sera. Silvio Berlusconi became owner in 1977 and passed it to his brother Paolo Berlusconi in 1992. In 2023 the Berlusconi family (PBF) sold a controlling 70% to Finanziaria Tosinvest, controlled by the Angelucci family; by early 2026 the Angelucci group (Antonio Angelucci, a Lega party MP and healthcare magnate who also owns Libero and Il Tempo) consolidated its stake to about 95%, with Paolo Berlusconi retaining a residual ~5%.
Funding
Commercially funded via newsstand and digital sales and advertising, within the Angelucci publishing group; like other Italian dailies it has historically been a loss-making title sustained by its proprietor.
Affiliation & stance
A long-standing conservative, right-wing paper, originally a Berlusconi/Forza Italia mouthpiece and now controlled by Antonio Angelucci, a sitting right-wing (Lega) parliamentarian whose family also owns Libero and Il Tempo. Because control rests with a partisan politician-owner rather than a neutral commercial proprietor, DEPENDENT (right) as the site indicates is appropriate.
Editorial lean
- Our estimate
- Conservative
- Measured from coverage
- Not enough analyzed coverage yet.
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Factual: How accurately its articles report the facts, judged against primary sources and the cross-outlet consensus. Only articles that cite their sources are counted.
Objective: How neutral the writing is — whether reporting keeps the writer’s own preferences and opinions out of the article.