Salve!
Reading the news is a great way to learn a language- especially if you sort of know what is likely to be said already.
Here is a site for anyone wanting to have a go at reaing Italian newspapers:
http://www.ipse.com/quotit.html
It shows also which paper has a site online.
A look at the major dailies:
http://www.corriere.it/ - a classic national daily (quotidiano)
http://www.repubblica.it/ - another national daily, tends to have more dramatic healines and copy
http://www.ilgiornale.it/ - a liberal national centre rightnewpaper daily
http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/default.asp - another classic daily
In Italy there are many regional based newspapers some of national standing- for example:
Rome based: http://www.ilmessaggero.it/
Napoli base: http://www.ilmattino.it/mattino/page_view.php
Florence based: http://lanazione.quotidiano.net/
Milan (financial): http://ilgiorno.quotidiano.net/
There are also the specialist:
Sport-mad!
www.gazzetta.it/
Some newspapers are affiliated to specific parties and have a long tradition, for example:
http://www.unita.it/ -use to be communist but now the party had somewhat disbanded it tis generally left
http://www.avanti.it/ -long tradition socialist newspaper.
I hope you will enjoy exploring these.
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