Punto Informatico
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Frontpage, 7 March 2009 | |
Type of site | Online newspaper |
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| Available in | Italian |
| Owner | Edizioni Master |
| Editor | Massimo Mattone |
| Website |
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| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1995 |
| Current status | Active |
Punto Informatico (literally "Informatic point", pun for "Informative place") is an Italian online newspaper.
Description
Founded in 1995 and established in 1996, it has been the first Italian daily newspaper published online[1][2] and one of the most read and influential in Italy.[2][3][4][5][6] With 1.1 millions of reader per month, the online edition was the third most widely read in Italy as of June 2008, after La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera and La Stampa.[6][7][8]
It was nominated twice for the Ischia International Journalism Award, in 2009 and 2010.
It has a front page and several specific section dedicated to different topics such as "topicality", "technology", "law", "business" and "security". It has also been defined a "source for legal information", because of its interest to legal related topics and expert writers.[5]
People
Editorial staff
- Massimo Sesti (owner, from 2010)
- Andrea De Andreis (owner, 1995/2010)
- Massimo Mattone (editor-in-chief, from 2010)
- Paolo De Andreis (editor-in-chief, 1995/2010)
- Luca Schiavoni (graphic, columnist, 1995/2009)
- Luca Annunziata (editor)
- Gaia Bottà (editor)
Previous and current columnists
- Luca Schiavoni - "Download"
- Massimo Mantellini - "Contrappunti"
- Marco Calamari - "Cassandra Crossing"
- Luca Spinelli - "Puntodivista"
- Dario Bonacina - "Telefonia"
- Alessandro Del Rosso
Other writers
- Paolo Attivissimo
- Dario d'Elia
- Alfonso Maruccia
- Giulio Fornasar
- Luca Saccomani
Awards
- Beta Logo Awards (Communication), 1999, Beta Magazine[9]
- Premio WWW 2005 (Technology and innovation), Il Sole 24 Ore[10]
- Premio WWW 2006 (Technology and innovation), Il Sole 24 Ore[11]
- Big Brother Awards (Italy) 2010 (positive section), Winston Smith - eroe della Privacy[12]
References
- ↑ Cos'è Punto Informatico?
- 1 2 Libero.it, Description
- ↑ Edizioni Master, press release
- ↑ PI: Dati record
- 1 2 Iaselli, Michele (2006). La ricerca Giuridica in Internet [Juridical research in Internet] (in Italian). Halley. p. 229. ISBN 8875891532.
- 1 2 Alexa, Punto Informatico Alexa stat.
- ↑ Edizioni Master Spa acquisisce Punto Informatico, Oktober 2008
- ↑ Internet, La Repubblica, 20. Oktober 2001
- ↑ Beta Magazine Awards
- ↑ Premio WWW 2005
- ↑ Premio WWW 2006 (PDF; 33 kB)
- ↑ Big Brother Award Italia