Il Sole 24 Ore has been reporting and supporting the economy and businesses for 160 years.
The Sardinian leg of the "Silent Reading Tour" will take place at the Abi d'Oru in Porto Rotondo on Friday evening.
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"I consider newspapers a public service, like transportation and the aqueduct. I will not send polluted water into your homes." This was Enzo Biagi's belief. The role of newspapers, despite current challenges, remains the same: to objectively report on reality, what's happening in our cities and towns, in Italy and around the world. Digital media has profoundly changed the information landscape, a true revolution, but print newspapers are holding their own and continue to dominate newsstands. One of the longest-running is Il Sole 24 Ore, which this year celebrates its 160th anniversary. Its largest shareholder is Confindustria (the Italian employers' federation), and its editor-in-chief is Fabio Tamburini.
The celebrations, which began in Rome on October 8th with a conference at the Galleria del Cardinale Colonna, attended by representatives of institutions and the media, will also stop in Sardinia. Next Friday, July 25th, the "Silent Reading Tour" will stop at the Abi d'Oru Beach Hotel & Spa in Porto Rotondo (Golfo di Marinella, Olbia). The evening, organized in collaboration with the L'Unione Sarda publishing group, will open at 9:30 pm with Emanuele Dessì, editor of the island's leading daily newspaper, and Diana Zuncheddu, CEO of Abi d'Oru.
The Readers' Meeting – The format is original. Deputy Editor Roberto Iotti will read articles from Il Sole 24 Ore. The day's key events will be analyzed, covering foreign affairs, domestic politics, economics, finance, and culture. The audience will be able to engage with the journalist. Iotti will explain how an article is created, constructed, and published. "But I won't limit myself to examining the newspaper on newsstands on July 25th," he explains, "because I'll also show readers how the following day's paper is created, through a connection to our editorial system. I'll preview the paper's content, providing real-time updates on colleagues' work. We want to offer readers the opportunity to learn about our work; it will be a chance to experience the dynamics of the editorial staff remotely, a vibrant world where we work at a frenetic pace, chasing the news that forms the backbone of the paper that hits newsstands. The "Silent Reading Tour" is also a way to meet our readers who are on vacation."
Il Sole in Sardinia – The stop in Porto Rotondo comes after Il Sole 24 Ore's trip to Sicily. "Sardinia, where we have a good number of readers and subscribers," adds Roberto Iotti, "is a region to which we have historical ties. It's an island we want to continue to showcase, with our articles and insights, in its many economic, social, and cultural aspects. It always offers interesting insights, and the economy, despite these challenging times, is showing extraordinary signs of vitality, with many talented and courageous entrepreneurs focusing on innovation and new marketing strategies to establish themselves in international markets." There's another aspect that ties Il Sole 24 Ore to Sardinia: the newspaper, which is distributed throughout the island, is printed in Elmas at the printing center of the L'Unione Sarda publishing group. Il Sole was born on August 1, 1865, L'Unione on October 13, 1889. And to strengthen this twinning, L'Unione and Il Sole will be on newsstands this Saturday at the special price of 1.50 euros for the two newspapers.
The Hotel Abi d'Oru – The setting is that of the Abi d'Oru, inaugurated at the dawn of luxury tourism in Sardinia: Porto Rotondo's first hotel, built in 1963 by Count Vittorio Cini, owner of Ciga Hotels, the group that at the time represented high-end Italian hospitality, highly regarded internationally. Cini entrusted the design of the hotel, which has always been at the forefront of the hotel industry, to Antonio Simon Mossa, an intellectual, artist, and architect with an unclassifiable talent for his diverse skills, who, as part of the Aga Khan Committee, contributed to the creation of the Costa Smeralda. The Abi d'Oru Beach Hotel & Spa is today one of the most highly regarded in Gallura, with a special focus on the environment and the excellent Sardinian food and wine.
Massimiliano Rais
