| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Owners: | Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo |
| Publisher: | Edisud |
| Chiefeditor: | Oscar Iarussi (2021) |
| Circulation: | 110,000 (2016) |
| Headquarters: | Bari, Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno (English: "The Gazette of the South") is an Italian daily newspaper, founded in 1887 in Bari, Italy. It is one of the leading newspapers published in Southern Italy, with most of its readers living in Apulia and Basilicata.
Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno suspended its publication temporarily on 1 August 2021 due to financial crisis and court proceedings against its owner, Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo.[1] The newspaper resumed publications on 19 February 2022.[2]
Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno was first published on 1 November 1887 in Bari, Italy,[3] by the magazine editor Martino Cassano to fill the niche for a local newspaper in Bari despite Apulia's high rate of illiteracy; it measured at 70% in 1905. Originally published as the Corriere delle Puglie, its current title began to be used by editor Raphael Gorjux on 26 February 1928.[3]
The editor-in-chief of Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno was Giuseppe de Tomaso until 2021.[3] Since the 1990s the paper has objectively covered the news on migration to Italy.[4] On 11 November 2021, Oscar Iarussi was appointed the editor-in-chief of Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.[5]
The 2008 circulation of Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno was 88,275 copies.[6] It was 110,000 copies in 2016.[3]
After its suspension, the bankruptcy receivers for Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno filed an appeal against the former manager of the newspaper, Ledi srl for the trademark La Nuova Gazzetta di Puglia e Basilicata, which is to be used in an upcoming newspaper of the company, citing potential confusion with the name Italian: La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno.[7]
Finally, the newspaper resumed publications on 19 February 2022.
Seven different local editions are published,[3] assuming different names in accordance with the locale:
There are separate editorial offices in Bari, Foggia, Lecce, Matera, Barletta, Potenza, Taranto.