L'Eco di Bergamo

L'Eco di Bergamo

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Bergamo Dioceses
Founder(s)	Sesa Company
Publisher	SESAAB
Founded	1880; 145 years ago (1880)
Political alignment	Catholic faith
Language	Italian
Headquarters	Bergamo
Country	Italy
Website	L'Eco di Bergamo
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L'Eco di Bergamo is a daily newspaper published in Bergamo, Italy. The paper has been in circulation since 1880.

History and profile

A newspaper stand in Lombardy for L'Eco di Bergamo and Orobie

L'Eco di Bergamo was established by the Sesa company in 1880.^[1][2][3] Its publisher is SESAAB, which is owned by the Bergamo Dioceses.^[1] SESAAB also publishes four editions of La Provincia newspaper, namely those of Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese.^[4]

The headquarters of L'Eco di Bergamo is in Bergamo,^[4] and the paper is published in the Berliner format.^[5] It is the first Italian newspaper which introduced color.^[5]

L'Eco di Bergamo has a Catholic-oriented leaning.^[6][7][8] An Italian priest Andrea Spada served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for 51 years.^[1][9] He was appointed to the post in 1938^[10] and was in office until 1989.^[6]

At the end of the 1990s L'Eco di Bergamo sold 68,000 copies.^[1] Its circulation was 56,000 copies in 2007.^[11]

References

1. Dean Roper (September 1999). "SESAAB gives L'Eco di Bergamo power to diversify its activities" (PDF). WAN IFRA. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
2. "Articles". Remco Torenbosch. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
3. Western Europe 2003. London; New York: Europa Publications. 2002. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
4. "SESAAB group consolidates with Méthode". EidosMedia. Milan. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
5. "L'Eco di Bergamo". Sol361. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
6. "Newspapers". Ciao Italy. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
7. John Pollard (2008). Catholicism in Modern Italy: Religion, Society and Politics Since 1861. London; New York: Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-134-55675-5.
8. Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. London; New York: Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 0-203-74849-2.
9. Adriana Trigiani (2012). The Shoemaker's Wife. Harper. p. 479. ISBN 9780061257094. GGKEY:FZNQBU8Q13H.
10. Peter Hebblethwaite (2005). John XXIII: Pope of the Century. London; New York: Continuum. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-86012-387-3.
11. Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

• Official website

• Media related to L'Eco di Bergamo at Wikimedia Commons