Berlusconi sold Il Giornale. The news was announced by the deputy director of the Milan newspaper, Nicola Porro, in a message on Twitter on December 31, although the news had been circulating for several days, according to La Stampa, as cited by Rador.

The newspaper, founded by Indro Montanelli, will no longer be owned by the family of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, but will be owned by the Angelucci family, which already owns the daily newspaper Libero, according to Corriere della Sera. ” and “Il Tempo”, which apparently offers to consolidate in the Milanese market.

The operation involves the sale of the entire package of shares: the shares of Paolo Berlusconi (71.5%), brother Silvio, who would have already signed the agreement, and Mondadori (18.4%), led by the daughter of the leader of Forza. Italia, Marina Berlusconi and Amodea family (9.9%), advertising agency.

Negotiations continued for some time. But, at least according to some sources in the editorial office of the newspaper, the agreement has not yet taken place.

From what has become known, the operation can be completed only after the certification of the financial statements for 2022, and the details of the operation will also depend on the losses that will appear: last year they amounted to about 8 million euros.

It was the economic condition of the newspaper, founded in 1974 – ADS data for October 2022 shows a decrease of more than 10% in digital and paper copies compared to the previous year – that forced the Berlusconi family to sell shares to the Angelucci family. .

On December 15, the trade union of the daily Il Giornale demanded that any buyer guarantee its workforce, which has shrunk from 80 to 51 editors over the past four years.