Il Sole 24 Ore
Il Sole 24 Ore is Italy's leading financial and economic daily newspaper, based in Milan and owned by the national employers' federation Confindustria. It focuses on business, markets, finance, taxation, and economic policy, serving a professional and investor audience. The publication is recognisable for its distinctive coverage of Italian economic and corporate affairs.
Il Sole 24 Ore at a glance
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Southern Europe · Europe
- Kind of outlet
- Business daily
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Founded
- 1965
- Owner
- Confindustria
- Published from
- Milan
- Website
- ilsole24ore.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Il Sole 24 Ore
Crosswire groups Il Sole 24 Ore as Centrist for comparisons within Italy's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Italy, Il Fatto Quotidiano is listed as Left-leaning, while Il Giornale is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Il Sole 24 Ore beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Il Sole 24 Ore sits in Italy's press
Il Sole 24 Ore was founded in 1965, is published from Milan and is owned by Confindustria. It is one of 10 outlets tracked in Italy and the only business daily tracked there. By outlets tracked, Italy ranks fourth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.
Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 13 of the 30 business dailies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Il Sole 24 Ore outside Italy, starting with Southern Europe, are Dagens Industri (Sweden), Kauppalehti (Finland), Handelsblatt (Germany) and Les Echos (France). Opening one of them beside Il Sole 24 Ore is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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