L'Unità changes hands

Goffredo de Marchis reports on the takeover of the newspaper L'Unità, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party founded in 1924 by Antonio Gramsci: "The Unità era is over. Nothing less than the future of the paper was at stake, which is closely linked to political debate within the Democratic Party of the Left (PD). Among the aspirants hoping to take over the paper was the Angelucci family, who control the leftist newspaper Il Riformista. But their candidature was frowned upon both by the paper's editorial staff and by Walter Veltroni [leader of the PD]. Finally Renato Soru won out. The new owner is President of the Region of Sardinia, a businessman and owner of [the Internet service company] Tiscali. ... The communication apparatus evolving around the PD has gained an additional voice. ... The editorial staff is delighted, and hopes for multimedia synergies with television, radio and Internet in line with the new boss's affinities."

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