[7] The newspaper's contributors included Davide Layolo, Luigi Cavallo, Ada Gobetti, Cesare Pavese, Italo Calvino, Alfonso Gatto, Aldo Tortorella and Paolo Spriano.

It was also in 1982 that a document was published by the newspaper which accused the Christian Democratic minister Vincenzo Scotti of collaborating with the Camorra leader Raffaele Cutolo, a claim that was subsequently proved to be false.

From 1992 to 1996, its director was Walter Veltroni, who started periodically providing free gifts, such as books and videocassettes, with copies of the newspaper.

[9] One of the first moves made by the new property was the appointment of former la Repubblica journalist Concita De Gregorio as new editor-in-chief in August 2008,[5] replacing Antonio Padellaro in the post.

[10] In June 2009, Maurizio Mian's Gunther Reform Holding invested €3m to acquire a 20% stake in l'Unità, still under the ownership of Soru.

[15] On 30 June 2015, l'Unità resumed its publications, under the new editor Erasmo d'Angelis and with a renewed graphic style; the new owner was Stefano Pessina, a major Italian building businessmen, while a minority share was owned by the Democratic Party.

The newly-relaunched paper soon found itself in financial crisis again, with a net loss of 250,000 euros per month and only 8,000 copies sold (out of the 60,000 printed).

[16] In an attempt to improve the situation, the owners dismissed D'Angelis and appointed Sergio Staino (a cartoonist who had longed worked for the paper) as new editor; this proved ineffective and on 3 June 2017 l'Unità ceased publications for the third time.

[21] On 22 November 2022, the Romeo Editore srl group (which had recently acquired and relaunched Il Riformista) bought l'Unità with an offer of 910,000 euros.