Citynews is an Italian newspaper group founded in 2010 by Luca Lani and Fernando Diana.

Citynews was founded in January 2010 by Luca Lani and Fernando Diana as a journalistic start-up.

[1] In 2011, after the opening of FoggiaToday, it joined the company with a first round of investment of 3 million Euros, followed by other acquisitions of digital publications such as, LeccePrima, RomagnaOggi and AgrigentoNotizie.

[4] In 2013, a second investment round of 1.5 million euros was signed by venture capital: Citynews became a joint-stock company, reaching a balanced budget in June.

[4] The next year, all newspapers were redesigned and Walter Bonanno became General Manager of the Editorial Group.

[15][16] In April 2018, Citynews was ranked the second in the Comscore among the national online publications based on views, with almost 21 million visitors, ahead of Corriere della Sera, but behind la Repubblica.