Paese Sera

[2] Differently from the official organ of the party, L'Unità, Paese Sera gave ample room to more light and popular themes such as gossip news, crime reports, comic strips and horoscopes.

[2] The first editor was Tomaso Smith, who resigned in 1956, opposing the choice of the Italian Communist Party of supporting the Soviet invasion of Hungary.

[2] Among its collaborators were Umberto Eco, Gianni Rodari, Norberto Bobbio, Maurizio Costanzo, Edoardo Sanguineti, Tullio De Mauro, Natalino Sapegno, Arrigo Benedetti, Andrea Barbato, Elio Pagliarani, Aldo Biscardi, Bonvi, Massimo Mattioli and Pino Zac.

[1][2] Following increasing competition, the disinterest of the Communist Party, and a significant drop in sales, the newspaper first closed in 1983.

[2] Thanks to the creation of a cooperative formed by its employees and to a readers' subscription the newspaper reprised its publications shortly later, before closing again in 1994.