Carlo De Benedetti, the former owner of La Repubblica, one of Italy’s biggest daily newspapers, is no stranger to a challenge. Now, at the age of 85, the tycoon is about to embark on what might be his biggest one to date – launching a newspaper in the midst of a serious financial slump.
De Benedetti wants the newspaper, due to launch online and in print in mid-September, to be a progressive, independent voice in a market weighed down by political and economic influence. And, as its name – Domani (Tomorrow) – suggests, the focus will be on coverage that looks to the future.
Domani is used in Italian to mean much the same as the Spanish “manana” but without that culture’s – language’s – sense of urgency.
Pendantry alert – mañana.
I’ve no idea what the Italian newspaper market looks like, but “progressive, independent” would self describe virtually all of the West’s newspapers.
Then it would mean “someday.”
Just like the Cornish word “d’rec’ly”
As they say on Lewis, Gaelic has no words that denote such urgency.
to be a progressive, independent voice in a market weighed down by political and economic influence
Socialist then, with heavy obeisance to the EU.
Newspapers?
Many good articles
Sunday News Round-Up
eg
Janet Daly: The abandonment of all logic has left us with a coronavirus strategy that is doing great damage to society
Paywalled? Pastebin
and
Bed Wetters vs The Strong
Fix
….doing great damage to society
So, in the middle of an economic slump he wants to enter a market so crowded with offerings identical to his that they were all failing even before the lockdown?
From this I think we can conclude the EU subsidises newspapers to the extent they do not need to make money from the readers.