Il Fatto: Berlusconi critic founds new newspaper
Italian journalist and Berlusconi critic Marco Travaglio has launched a new daily newspaper. The editor-in-chief is journalist Antonio Padellaro, who previously headed the left-wing daily L'Unità. The paper already has 28,000 subscribers.
A team of journalists led by Marco Travaglio, a critic of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is defying the crisis in the media industry. They have founded a new daily newspaper. Il Fatto (The Event) will be published daily from Wednesday. The editor-in-chief is journalist Antonio Padellaro, who had already headed the left-wing daily L'Unita. He will be joined by the former editor-in-chief of L'Unita, Furio Colombo, and the journalists Travaglio and Pietro Gomez.
Travaglio has become a bestselling author in Italy with his books and articles against Berlusconi's conflicts of interest. 28,000 readers have already subscribed to Il Fatto. The 16-page paper is published six days a week and costs 1.2 euros. The paper also wants to devote special attention to the Internet. One page a day will be devoted to the development of the web.
"At a time when the Italian media are under pressure from Berlusconi, journalists who believe in media freedom are responding with a concrete initiative. We want to be a fierce opposition to the prime minister," said editor-in-chief Padellaro.
Travaglio has become a bestselling author in Italy with his books and articles against Berlusconi's conflicts of interest. 28,000 readers have already subscribed to Il Fatto. The 16-page paper is published six days a week and costs 1.2 euros. The paper also wants to devote special attention to the Internet. One page a day will be devoted to the development of the web.
"At a time when the Italian media are under pressure from Berlusconi, journalists who believe in media freedom are responding with a concrete initiative. We want to be a fierce opposition to the prime minister," said editor-in-chief Padellaro.
