Gente (Italian: People)[1] is a popular and long-running Italian weekly current affairs[2] and celebrity gossip magazine.
[1] Its founder and publisher was Edilio Rusconi,[3] an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer.
[4] The magazine was the flagship of Rusconi Group.
[5] The magazine was part of Rusconi Group until 1999 when the Group was acquired by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA.
[7][8] It was owned by Hachette Filipacchi Médias[9] until 2011 when it was acquired by Hearst Magazines.