Il Progresso Italo-Americano was an Italian-language daily newspaper in the United States, published in New York City from 1880 to 1988, when it was shut down due to a union dispute.
In 1989, most journalists of Il Progresso reunited to create a new daily, America Oggi.
In the early 20th century Il Progresso was the most popular of New York's Italian newspapers, selling anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 copies every day.
[1] Founded in 1879 by Carlo Barsotti and Vincenzo Polidori, who were also the first editors, Il Progresso Italo-Americano was a bully pulpit for raising funds for monuments by public subscription in the city of New York.
He doubled its circulation to 200,000 in New York City, making it the largest Italian-language daily in the country.