Panorama (magazine)

Panorama is a weekly Italian-language news magazine published in Italy and based in Milan.

History and overview
Panorama was founded in Milan in 1939. The magazine was temporarily closed by the Fascist rule in December 1940 due to the publication of the translated texts by Ada Prospero. It was relaunched by Italian publisher Arnoldo Mondadori in cooperation with the American Time Inc. group in Milan in October 1962.

The magazine came out biweekly in the initial period.

Ownership
The magazine is owned and published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, the largest Italian publishing house. The company is controlled by Fininvest, a financial holding company controlled by the family of Silvio Berlusconi, a former Prime Minister of Italy. Although American group Time-Life company also owned the magazine, later it left the magazine due to low circulation levels.

Circulation
Panorama had a circulation of 350,429 copies in 1984. The circulation of the magazine was 530,031 copies between September 1993 and August 1994. In 2000 it rose to 566,000 copies. The 2003 circulation of the weekly was 525,000 copies. Its circulation was 514,000 copies in 2004. It was the third best-selling news magazine in Italy in 2007 with a circulation of 479,297 copies. The circulation of the magazine was 511,349 copies in 2010. The magazine had a circulation of 303,422 copies in June 2013. The magazine had a circulation of 80,318 copies and sold 47,425 copies in May 2021.

Management and staff
Maurizio Belpietro is the magazine's director, succeeding Giorgio Mulè and Pietro Calabrese. A former director of the magazine, Carlo Rossella, became a director of Medusa Film.

Contributors
Adolfo Battaglia, a veteran journalist and politician, is among the former contributors of Panorama.

The current contributors of Panorama include:


 * Maurizio Belpietro
 * Mario Giordano
 * Marcello Veneziani
 * Giacomo Amadori
 * Fausto Biloslavo
 * Vittorio Sgarbi
 * Lorenzo del Boca
 * Fabio Amendolara
 * Daniela Mattalia
 * Francesco Borgonovo
 * Giorgio Sturlese Tosi
 * Luca Sciortino
 * Carlo Puca
 * Luca Telese
 * Antonio Rossitto
 * Marco Morello
 * Marianna Baroli
 * Guido Castellano
 * Francesco Canino
 * Guido Fontanelli