TV Sorrisi e Canzoni

From the issue that will appear on newsstands next week, Alfonso Signorini will be the editorial director of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, while continuing to maintain his role as the editor of the weekly Chi.

Aldo Vitali, currently the executive co-editor of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni, will become the new editor of the magazine and Rosanna Mani will remain as the title’s co-editor.

Aldo Vitali, who was born in Milan in 1957, has a degree from the University of Florence. After some initial professional experience, in 1986 he joined the entertainment staff of il Giornale, before moving in 1994 to La Voce and in 1996 to Walt Disney Italia where he was deputy editor of Topolino. In 1999 Vitali was appointed deputy editor of Max and in August 2000 co-editor of GQ Italia.

In 2003 Vitali joined the staff of Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni where he held a series roles of increasing responsibility, becoming executive co-editor in 2008.

First launched in 1952, Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni once again this year confirmed its position as Italy’s most popular weekly with a readership of some 4,398,000, an increase of 3% on the previous official survey (Audipress 2011/III).

New recognition by readers of the titles produced by the Mondadori Group, Italy’s leading magazine publisher.

Figures published by Audipress (2011/III) show continued growth in readership for the Group’s weeklies and monthlies and that 82% of the readers of magazines in the country read Mondadori titles.

LEADERSHIP
In particular, according to the survey, every week Italians choose the magazines Tv Sorrisi e Canzoniand Chi: with a readership of 4,398,000 people, an increase of 3% on the previous survey (Audipress 2011/II), Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni confirms its position as Italy’s most widely read weekly; followed byChi, which is in the number one position among women’s entertainment weeklies, with a continuously rising readership (3,614,000 readers, +4.6% compared with Audipress 2011/II).

There were big numbers also for Donna Moderna, which once again is shown to be the most popular women’s weekly (2,710,000 readers, +3.6% compared with Audipress 2011/II).

With a monthly readership of 6,441,000 (+4%), Focus remains Italy’s most widely read magazine.

Moreover, according to the Audipress figures, an increasing number of Italians read Mondadori’s cooking titles, with the company holding 73% share in this market segment. Among the monthlies,Cucina Moderna, is the most widely read (+14% compared with Audipress 2011/II).

Meanwhile Starbene confirmed its absolute leadership (1,532,000 readers), also recording the best performance in the wellness segment (+7.5% compared with Audipress 2011/II).

BEST PERFORMANCE
There was great satisfaction at Mondadori also for the best performances recorded by other titles in the portfolio in the cooking and interiors.

Cucina no Problem recorded the best growth (+17%) in the cooking segment, in which alsoSale&Pepe stands out (+4,6%), appreciated by readers following the recent renewal.

In the consumer interiors segment, in which Mondadori has a 57% share, there was a brilliant result by CasaFacile (+15%), followed by the monthly Casaviva with an increase of +7.4% to reach a readership of 967,000, and recording strong growth particularly among women.

In addition, there was also significant growth by Confidenze (+23.3%), Economy (+20%), Ciak(+13.5%), Guida TV (+11.6%), Men’s Health (+10.1%), Pc Professionale (+8%), which was also the only IT title to be included by Audipress in the segment, and Panoramauto (+8%).

Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni and Corriere della Sera present Dentro Faber an extraordinary homage to the poetry and music of Fabrizio De André, available at newsstands from 11 March, and coinciding with the opening of the exhibition Fabrizio De André a Milano.
Dentro Faber is a definitive collection that brings together 8 DVDs, full of previously unseen material, on the life, music, experiences and passions of one of the great artists of our age.

The initiative has been organised by the Fondazione De André, thanks to the availability of unseen footage provided by Rai Trade and with the collaboration Vincenzo Mollica.

Fabrizio De André’s story is told by means of a thematic journey. In fact, each DVD, in addition to the best of his songs presented in their entirety, features the places, the encounters and first-hand accounts that mix some of the key episodes of his public persona with the most significant moments of his private life.
L’amore, Gli ultimi, Le donne, L’uomo, il potere e la guerra, Genova e Mediterraneo, Il sacro, L’anarchia and Poesia in forma di canzone are the titles of the chapters through which an attempt has been made to capture the powerful flow De André’s lyricism.

Readers will be able to go deeper into his words, listening to live concert performances of the songs and learn about his personal life through interviews with some of his songwriter friends, from Ivano Fossati to Enzo Jannacci, and members of his family, Dori Ghezzi and many others.
Accompanying this voyage of discovery of his artistic and personal development is his son, Cristiano De André, the narrator of all of the DVDs.

Each issue of the collection comes with a booklet, introduced by the critic Aldo Grasso, containing images, writings and autographs by De André.
The first part of Dentro Faber will be available at newsstands from 11 March, at the price of €10.90 (including the DVD and booklet, magazine or newspaper excluded) along with a free binder to collect the entire series. The DVDs will be released weekly.

Release dates for Dentro Faber:
11 March – L’amore (con il cofanetto in regalo)
18 March – Gli Ultimi
25 March – Le Donne
1 April – L’Uomo, il Potere e la Guerra
8 April – Genova e il Mediterraneo
15 April – Il Sacro
22 April – L’Anarchia
29 April – Poesia in Forma di Canzone