Founded in 1956, IL GIORNO made an immediate impression with a journalistic formula more than modern: revolutionary. On a graphic level: big and lively headings, active and exciting page layouts, the use of color (the first to do so and, for many years, the only, among Italian newspapers).

On a journalistic level: shorter articles, with the essential information in the first lines, a minimalistic style, whose strength lies in the clarity and immediacy of the colloquial Italian it utilizes. The success was apparent from the start.

Created as a newspaper for Milan and Lombardia, it soon became an important national reference point. Its young editorial office, under the direction of “historic” leaders like Gaetano Baldacci, Italo Pietra, Gaetano Afeltra, Guglielmo Zucconi, just to name a few, will make up the breeding-ground for the great Italian journalists of the future.

The power and validity of IL GIORNO’s journalistic formula was confirmed after it was acquired by Gruppo Poligrafici Editoriale. Particular attention is given to local news, but with the clear intent to create a new model for a local newspaper, with a national bent. A modern idea within a traditional framework.