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{{Short description|Italian newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
 | name = {{Lang|it|Leggo}}
 | image = Leggo Torino.jpg
 | image_size = 200px
 | caption = Front page ([[Turin]] edition), 3 October 2008
 | type = [[Free daily newspaper]] <small>(Published from Monday to Friday)</small>
 | foundation = March 2001
 | owners = [[Caltagirone Editore]]
 | political = |
 | circulation = 1,050,000
 | headquarters = [[Rome, Italy]]
 | language = [[Italian language|Italian]]
 | website = http://www.leggo.it/
}}

{{Langnf|it|'''Leggo'''|I read}} is an Italian [[newspaper]] and was the first [[free daily newspaper]] published in [[Italy]].

==History and profile==
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{{Lang|it|Leggo}} was established by [[Caltagirone Editore]],<ref name=piet/> owned by [[Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone]], in 2001.

It publishes 15 local editions for the cities of [[Rome]], [[Milan]], [[Turin]], [[Naples]], [[Bologna]], [[Florence]], [[Padua]], [[Venice]], [[Verona]], [[Bari]], [[Genoa]], [[Como]], [[Bergamo]], [[Brescia]] and [[Varese]], with a total circulation of 1,050,000 copies.

In the period of 2001–2002 {{Lang|it|Leggo}} had a circulation of 715,000 copies.<ref name=piet>{{cite journal|author=Piet Bakker|title=Free daily newspapers - business models and strategies|journal=International Journal on Media Management|date=2002|volume=4|issue=3|pages=180–187|doi=10.1080/14241270209389998|s2cid=59946379 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.leggo.it/ Official website] {{in lang|it}}

{{Italian Newspapers}}

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[[Category:Italian-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Milan]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Turin]]
[[Category:Newspapers published in Rome]]
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[[Category:Newspapers published in Florence]]
[[Category:Mass media in Genoa]]
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