| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Political: | Progressivism |
| Circulation: | 28,800 (2014) |
| Headquarters: | Trieste, Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Editor: | Paolo Possamai |
is the main daily newspaper of Trieste, Italy. Its name derives from the paper's original small format.
was founded by Teodoro Mayer in 1881.[1] He was also the owner and editor-in-chief of the paper.[1] Mayer and other people who were instrumental in the establishment of the paper were right-wing pro-Italians.[1] [2] Mayer supported the idea that Trieste was part of Italy.[1] One of its contributors was Carolina Luzzatto who was a supporter of this view.[3]
ceased publication at the beginning of World War I and was relaunched in 1919.[1] Following the beginning of the Fascist rule in Italy the paper declared its adherence to the Fascist ideology in 1923.[4] Until the end of World War II the paper was edited by those with fascist political leaning.[2]
is based in Trieste and it is published by Finegil Editoriale SPA[5] which has been a subsidiary of Gruppo Espresso since 1998.[6] Local editions for the towns of Monfalcone and Gorizia and for the region of Istria (Croatia) are also printed. It has a progressive political stance.[7]
The circulation of was 40,231 copies in 2008.[8] The paper had a circulation of 31,302 copies in 2013.[9] The Espresso Group reported that the circulation of the paper was 28,800 copies in 2014.[10]