La Padania

{{Infobox newspaper | name = la Padania | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = {{start date|1997|1|8|df=y}} | ceased_publication = {{end date|2014|12|1|df=y}} | owners = Lega Nord | political_position = Pro-Lega Nord | circulation = 60,000 <small>(2009)</small> | headquarters = Milan, Italy | editor = | language = Italian | ISSN = }} '''''La Padania''''' was an Italian daily newspaper, and the official press organ of the political party Lega Nord.

==History and profile== ''La Padania'' was the official newspaper of Northern League of Umberto Bossi founded in 1997 by Davide Caparini and directed by Gianluca Marchi (both coming from 'L'Indipendente' of Vittorio Feltri and Daniele Vimercati).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stefano Fella|author2=Carlo Ruzza|title=The New Right in Italy – Berlusconi, Territorial Politics, Populism and 'post-fascism'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R6CjdfEXpPUC&pg=PA80|accessdate=26 December 2014|date=26 June 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-28634-8|page=80}}</ref> It was delivered daily to newsstands and homes in Northern Italy since 8 January 1997.<ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1997/gennaio/08/Oggi_edicola_Padania_con_editoriale_co_0_9701082540.shtml Oggi edicola Padania con editoriale]'' Corriere''.</ref><ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1997/gennaio/09/Padania_edicola_Roma_fini_tra_co_0_9701093984.shtml Padania edicola Roma fini]'' Corriere''</ref> The paper was the official organ of the right-wing party Lega Nord.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Nick Squires|title=Italian MP 'blacks up' in Parliament in anti-immigration tirade|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10576630/Italian-MP-blacks-up-in-Parliament-in-anti-immigration-tirade.html|accessdate=26 December 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=16 January 2014|location=Rome}}</ref>

The 2009 circulation of ''La Padania'' was 60,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.affaritaliani.it/mediatech/padania-in-rosso241111.html La Padania] Affari Italiani.</ref>

Due to financial difficulties, publication of the daily newspaper was suspended on 1 December 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padania}} Category:1997 establishments in Italy Category:Italian-language newspapers Category:Lega Nord Category:Newspapers published in Milan Category:Padanian nationalism Category:Newspapers established in 1997 Category:Daily newspapers published in Italy