Overview

• Cardinali announced that the satirical monthly will suspend publishing after the November edition, calling a temporary halt to regroup.
• The 88-year-old director said he feels "a little tired," framing the decision as personal as well as operational.
• He cited soaring costs outpacing revenue, a deep slump in print readership, and widespread newsstand closures, noting the magazine relies on sales without advertising or subsidies.
• Founded in 1961 as Livornocronaca and renamed Il Vernacoliere in 1982, the publication became a landmark of Italian satire and previously won court cases over provocative headlines about Wojtyla and Ratzinger.
• A 2020 appeal brought roughly 5,000 new subscriptions that kept it going, but the announcement leaves the magazine’s longer-term future uncertain.