Il Foglio

Il Foglio (English: "The Paper") is an Italian daily newspaper with circulation around 25.000 copies per day, with an overall spread of 47.000, as of 2015. It was founded in 1996 by the Italian journalist and politician Giuliano Ferrara. Since 2015, it has been directed by Claudio Cerasa. Il Foglio was founded in 1996 by Ferrara after he left as editor of the magazine Panorama. The paper is headquartered in Rome. The main editorial policy of Il Foglio (meaning in Italian "The Sheet", referencing the format from a single sheet of paper as used in 19th-century newspapers) is a summary of the most important news of the day with comment and analysis on them. Recently, the size of the paper has increased, with insert and extra pages incorporated especially on Saturday. Between March and April 2023, Il Foglio published one ChatGPT-generated article a day on their official website, hosting a special contest for their readers in the process. The articles tackled themes like the possible replacement of human journalists with AI systems, Elon Musk's administration of Twitter, the Meloni government's immigration policy,cite web |date=14 March 2023 |title=Le colpe farlocche dellinvasione' |trans-title=The fake faults of the "invasion" |url= |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Il Foglio |language=it and the competition between chatbots and virtual assistants. Anglo-American conservatism can roughly be considered its closest political position. It features editorials inspired by American newspapers, especially The Wall Street Journal. Il Foglio can also be considered pro-free market in economics. Despite its conservative leaning, a significant part of its journalists are members or were members of the Radical Party. This newspaper also hosts several articles from left-leaning and independent columnists. In 2004, Angelo Agostini categorized it as an activist daily (quotidiano-attivista), alongside Libero on the political right and l'Unità on the political left, in contrast to the institution daily (quotidiano-istituzione) like Corriere della Sera and La Stampa, and the agenda daily (quotidiano-agenda) like La Repubblica.