L'Eco di Bergamo is a daily newspaper published in Bergamo, Italy. The paper has been in circulation since 1880.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Bergamo Dioceses |
Founder(s) | Sesa Company |
Publisher | SESAAB |
Founded | 1880; 144 years ago (1880) |
Political alignment | Catholic faith |
Language | Italian |
Headquarters | Bergamo |
Country | Italy |
Website | L'Eco di Bergamo |
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L'Eco di Bergamo was established by the Sesa company in 1880.[1][2][3] Its publisher is SESAAB, which is owned by the Bergamo Dioceses.[1] SESAAB also publishes four editions of La Provincia newspaper, namely those of Como, Lecco, Sondrio and Varese.[4]
The headquarters of L'Eco di Bergamo is in Bergamo,[4] and the paper is published in the Berliner format.[5] It is the first Italian newspaper which introduced color.[5]
L'Eco di Bergamo has a Catholic-oriented leaning.[6][7][8]AnItalian priest Andrea Spada served as the editor-in-chief of the paper for 51 years.[1][9] He was appointed to the post in 1938[10] and was in office until 1989.[6]
At the end of the 1990s L'Eco di Bergamo sold 68,000 copies.[1] Its circulation was 56,000 copies in 2007.[11]