| Giornale di Sicilia | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Foundation: | 1860 |
| Owners: | Giornale di Sicilia Editoriale Poligrafica (Gazzetta del Sud) |
| Political: | Centrism |
| Circulation: | 67,332 (2008) |
| Headquarters: | Palermo, Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Editor: | Antonio Ardizzone |
Giornale di Sicilia is an Italian national daily newspaper for the island of Sicily. It is based in Palermo,[1] and is the best-selling newspaper in Sicily.[2] Since 2017, it is owned by the daily newspaper of Messina, Gazzetta del Sud.[3]
Giornale di Sicilia was founded in 1860, immediately following the Expedition of the Thousand headed by Giuseppe Garibaldi; it was first published on 7 June of that year under the name "Giornale Officiale di Sicilia" with Girolamo Ardizzone as its first editor-in-chief.
The paper played a significant role in nationalizing the Italian rural women in Sicily at the beginning of the 1900s.[4]
It is published in ten different local versions, one for each province of Sicily plus another one for the city of Palermo.
Giornale di Sicilia had a circulation of 67,216 copies in 2004.[5] The circulation of the paper was 67,332 copies in 2008.[6]