- Maurizio Belpietro
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Maurizio Belpietro Born Maurizio Belpietro
10 May 1958
Castenedolo, Brescia, ItalyMaurizio Belpietro (born 10 May 1958) is an Italian journalist and television presenter.
Biography
Belpietro was born in Castenedolo, near Brescia, but he grew up in the town of Palazzolo sull'Oglio. He started his career as a journalist writing for the local newspaper Bresciaoggi in 1975. In 1994 he moved on to il Giornale with the journalist Vittorio Feltri and returned few years later after a period as editor of the newspaper Il Tempo in 1996. From 2001 to 2007, he worked as editor of il Giornale after which he was succeeded by the journalist Mario Giordano when he became editor of Italian newsmagazine Panorama.
In 2004, he became presenter of the television newsmagazine L'Antipatico, broadcast on Canale 5 and later on Rete 4. Since October 2007, he has also appeared on the morning news program Mattino Cinque.
In 2009, he became editor of the right-wing newspaper Libero, replacing Vittorio Feltri.
He also hosts a short radio news program every morning on the radio station R101.
Sentences
In April 2010 was sentenced from the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation with the sentence # 13198 for contempt with this motivation:
- italian: "(...) La pubblicazione di articoli fortemente polemici contro la magistratura può portare il direttore del quotidiano responsabile della pubblicazione alla condanna per vilipendio e diffamazione. (...)"
- english: "(...) Publishing harshly news articles with a contentious content against Magistrates can lead to the editor in chief responsible of the publication to be sentenced for contempt and defamation. (...)"
External links
- Articles written on il Giornale (Italian)
- Articles written on Panorama (Italian)
Media offices Preceded by
?Managing editor of L'Europeo
1989–1992Succeeded by
?Preceded by
?Deputy editor in chief of L'Indipendente
1992–1994Succeeded by
?Preceded by
Federico OrlandoDeputy editor in chief of il Giornale
1994–1996Succeeded by
Stefano LorenzettoPreceded by
Gianni MottolaEditor in chief of Il Tempo
1996–1997Succeeded by
Giampaolo CresciPreceded by
?Deputy editor in chief of Quotidiano Nazionale
1997Succeeded by
?Preceded by
?Deputy editor in chief of il Giornale
1997–2001Succeeded by
?Preceded by
Mario CerviEditor in chief of il Giornale
2001–2007Succeeded by
Mario GiordanoPreceded by
Pietro CalabreseEditor in chief of Panorama
2007–2009Succeeded by
Giorgio MuléPreceded by
Vittorio FeltriEditor in chief of Libero
Since 2009Incumbent This article about a European journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. - italian: "(...) La pubblicazione di articoli fortemente polemici contro la magistratura può portare il direttore del quotidiano responsabile della pubblicazione alla condanna per vilipendio e diffamazione. (...)"