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On 29 September 2019, the street where the editorial staff of the newspaper used to be located was renamed Via "Giornale L'Ora" on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of
Vittorio Nisticò, the historical director of the newspaper. A commemorative plaque was inaugurated to honour the
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exploded in front the newspaper office blowing up half the printing press. Two days later the paper appeared again; the front-page headline read: "The mafia threatens us, the investigation continues" (see
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In the 1970s, the newspaper started to have financial problems. As an afternoon paper, it was more vulnerable to the competition of TV news than its main competitor, the
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changed to publish as a morning newspaper in 1976, the costs that this entailed proved to be excessive and in 1979 the PCI decided the closure of the newspaper.
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three reporters killed by the Mafia: Mauro De Mauro, Cosimo
Cristina and Giovanni Spampinato and the Mafia attack that hit the printing house in 1958.
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became a newspaper with a
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The paper changed ownership several times. In 1954, the widow of the last owner sold the newspaper to the GATE company, which was owned by the
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managed to take advantage of the paper's weakened position and demoralized staff to lure away four of its younger and promising reporters (
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in July 1943 resulted in the suspension of the newspaper, but publishing resumed on April 8, 1946.
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