La Voce del Popolo

What La Voce del Popolo does

La Voce del Popolo is an Italian-language daily newspaper serving the Italian national minority (Comunità Nazionale Italiana, CNI) in Istria, Fiume (Rijeka), Quarnero, and Dalmatia in Croatia, as well as the Italian-speaking communities of coastal Slovenia. Published by EDIT RIJEKA, a non-profit publishing house (novinsko izdavačka ustanova) registered in Rijeka/Fiume under the legal name EDIT RIJEKA, the newspaper traces its heritage to the post-WWII founding of the modern title in 1945 and commemorates a 130-year continuous journalistic tradition ('130 Anni Insieme'). It is positioned as 'Il quotidiano italiano dell'Istria e di Fiume' and operates as the sole Italian-language daily in the region.

The publication runs on a WordPress-based CMS (lavoce.hr) with a third-party subscription management platform (abbonamenti.editdigital.hr) handling digital 'abbonamento' access, archives, and InPiù supplement inserts. Editorial coverage spans Politics (Politica), Local News across Capodistriano, Fiumana, Istriana, and Polese sub-regions (Cronaca), Culture (Cultura), Sports (Sport), Diaspora/exiles (Esuli), Editorials, and Video/multimedia. A network of seven correspondent offices — headquarters in Rijeka plus regional offices in Pola (Pula), Capodistria (Koper), Parenzo (Poreč), Rovigno (Rovinj), Umago (Umag), and Albona (Labin) — provides local coverage and reader services. The publication is part of the broader EDIT publishing group alongside Arcobaleno, La Battana, Panorama, and Edit Libri, sharing back-office and editorial resources.

Revenue is generated from four streams: print and digital subscriptions, newsstand sales, advertising/sponsorships, and institutional support from three sovereigns — the Republic of Croatia (Council for National Minorities, Ministry of Culture and Media, Office for Human Rights and National Minority Rights), the Republic of Slovenia (Office for Nationalities), and the Republic of Italy (Decree Legislative 15 May 2017 n. 70; Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Union of Italians under Law 73/01). The publication is led by Director Christiana Babić and Editor-in-Chief Ivo Vidotto, with Debora Radolović as Chair of the Supervisory Board, and operates with approximately 34 employees. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, funding rounds, or M&A activity are documented; growth is dependent on continued government appropriations and the resilience of the Italian-speaking minority readership in the region.

Name

La Voce del Popolo

Legal name

EDIT RIJEKA, novinsko izdavačka ustanova

Website

https://lavoce.hr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

La Voce del Popolo is the Italian-language daily newspaper of the Italian national minority (CNI) in Istria, Fiume, and coastal Slovenia, published by the non-profit EDIT RIJEKA publishing house and funded by the governments of Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Newspaper Publishing

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG)

Keywords

• Italian-language newspaper
• Minority media
• Regional journalism
• Daily news publishing
• Italian minority press

Headquarters

HQ city

Fiume (Rijeka)

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscriptions: The newspaper generates revenue primarily through paid subscriptions for both print and digital editions, with subscribers paying for access to content and premium services including the 'InPiù' inserts and special supplements.
2. Institutional Support and Subsidies: The publication receives financial support from multiple governmental sources: the Republic of Croatia (Council for National Minorities and Ministry of Culture and Media), the Republic of Slovenia (Office for Nationalities), the Republic of Italy, Italian funding under Decree Legislative 15 May 2017 n. 70, and the Croatian Office for Human Rights and National Minority Rights. Additional support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the Union of Italians under law 73/01.
3. Advertising: The newspaper carries third-party advertisements and sponsorships, including sponsored banner placements for partner organizations and businesses in the Italian-Croatian community.
4. Newsstand Sales: Single-copy sales of the print edition at newsstands and retail locations across the region, with partial distribution supported by the Italian government through the Union of Italians and University of Trieste.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

La Voce del Popolo is an Italian-language daily newspaper published by EDIT RIJEKA that delivers news, politics, culture, sports, and community affairs coverage to the Italian national minority in Istria, Fiume (Rijeka), Quarnero, Dalmatia (Croatia) and coastal Slovenia. It operates in both print (distributed via subscriptions and newsstands) and digital (lavoce.hr website with paid subscription access) formats, supplemented by InPiù thematic inserts and supported by correspondent offices across the region.

Product overview

La Voce del Popolo is a single-product digital newspaper publication serving the Italian minority community in Istria and Rijeka (Fiume), Croatia. The publication offers a unified digital news website as its primary product, providing Italian-language coverage across multiple content categories including Politics (Politica), Local News (Cronaca with sub-regions Capodistriano, Fiumana, Istriana, Polese), Culture (Cultura), Sports (Sport), Diaspora (Esuli), Editorials (Editoriali), Insert supplements (Inserti), and Video content. The newspaper is published by EDIT RIJEKA and is funded by the Republic of Croatia, Republic of Slovenia, and Republic of Italy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Inpiù: Supplement inserts including Economia & Finanza, Spettacoli, Cultura, Dalmazia
• Inserto Dentro
• Inserto Inpiù
• Inserto Qui
• 130 Anni Insieme

Products and services

• La Voce del Popolo (Daily Newspaper - Print and Digital) Italian-language daily newspaper (print and digital via lavoce.hr) providing news, politics, culture, sports, Esuli (exile) community affairs, editorials, and special inserts for the Italian national minority in Istria, Fiume (Rijeka), Quarnero, Dalmatia (Croatia) and coastal Slovenia.
• InPiù Thematic Supplement Inserts Thematic supplements distributed with the main newspaper, including InPiù Spettacoli (entertainment), InPiù Cultura (culture), InPiù Dalmazia (Dalmatia regional), InPiù Economia & Finanza (economy and finance), InPiù Palcoscenico (stage/performing arts), and InPiù Storia (history).
• 130 Anni Insieme Commemorative Insert Special commemorative insert series celebrating 130 years of Italian-language journalism serving the Italian community in Istria and Fiume.
• Panorama (Sister Publication) Italian-language publication under the EDIT publishing group (EDIT RIJEKA), serving the Italian minority community as a companion title to La Voce del Popolo.
• Arcobaleno (Sister Publication) Italian-language publication under the EDIT publishing group (EDIT RIJEKA), serving the Italian minority community as a companion title.
• La Battana (Sister Publication) Italian-language publication under the EDIT publishing group (EDIT RIJEKA), serving the Italian minority community as a companion title.
• Edit Libri (Publishing Arm) Book publishing arm under the EDIT publishing group (EDIT RIJEKA), publishing works for the Italian minority community.

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unione Italiana (Union of Italians)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Union of Italians (Unione Italiana), the umbrella organization of the Italian minority in Croatia and Slovenia. The newspaper is partially distributed in convention with Italian government support through the collaboration between Unione Italiana and the University of Trieste.
• Università Popolare di TriesteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the University of Trieste for the partial distribution convention supporting Italian minority media in the ex-Yugoslav territories.
• EDIT publishing group (Arcobaleno, La Battana, Panorama, Edit Libri)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLa Voce del Popolo is published by EDIT RIJEKA, part of the EDIT publishing group that also includes Arcobaleno, La Battana, Panorama, and Edit Libri, serving the Italian minority community across multiple media platforms.
• Comunità degli Italiani (CI) localicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of Italian Community associations (CI) in Pola, Parenzo, Rovigno, and other locations that collaborate with the newspaper for local coverage and community engagement.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Arcobaleno: Italian-language publication within the EDIT RIJEKA group alongside La Voce del Popolo. Same publishing house serving the same Italian-Croatian minority ecosystem with shared correspondent offices and distribution channels.
• Panorama: Sister publication under the EDIT RIJEKA publishing group alongside La Voce del Popolo. Same publisher (EDIT publishing house) covering Italian minority in Istria with overlapping editorial infrastructure, distribution, and audience.
• La Battana: EDIT RIJEKA group sister publication focused on Italian minority cultural content. Shares publisher, institutional funding structure, and target community with La Voce del Popolo.

Direct peers

• Novi List: Major Croatian daily newspaper based in the same city as La Voce del Popolo (Rijeka). Competes for the same regional advertising and reader base in the Kvarner/Istria market, though in Croatian rather than Italian, making it a directly comparable regional news competitor.
• Il Piccolo: Italian-language daily newspaper published in Trieste (across the border from La Voce's Rijeka headquarters). Covers the same historical Italian-speaking Adriatic community with overlapping geographic scope, making it the closest direct linguistic peer despite its larger scale and Italian-domestic orientation.
• Glas Istre: Major Croatian regional daily serving Istria county. Directly competes with La Voce del Popolo for local news readership, regional advertising, and institutional partnerships in the same geographic market, though in Croatian rather than Italian.

Regional players

• Primorski dnevnik: Italian-language newspaper of the Italian minority in Slovenia's Slovenian Littoral region. Directly parallels La Voce in mission (minority-language daily journalism) and geography (overlapping coastal communities), but operates primarily in Slovenian territory rather than Croatian.

Emerging players

• Hrvatski glasnik: Newspaper of the Croatian minority in Serbia's Vojvodina region. Operates an analogous model: ethnic/linguistic minority daily journalism supported by Croatian state institutions, serving diaspora communities in a neighboring country with similar bilingual cultural-preservation mission.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lavocedelpopolo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/editlavoce
• Facebookfacebook.com/edit.lavoce
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-voce-del-polpolo

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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