Overview
- Gruppo Gedi named Stefano Cappellini direttore responsabile ad interim with immediate effect, a move the publisher said will continue until the formal appointment of a permanent director is complete.
- Cappellini, who joined la Repubblica in 2016 and became deputy editor in 2024, brings prior experience as director of Il Riformista and deputy editor of Il Messaggero.
- Gruppo Gedi’s CEO Mirja Cartia d'Asero publicly endorsed Cappellini’s stewardship and praised his experience as the rationale for the interim assignment.
- Cappellini issued a statement thanking the publisher and promising to safeguard the paper’s reporting standards and depth of analysis throughout the transition.
- Some outlets have reported other names had been considered and have questioned background links raised in recent coverage, but those claims remain limited to specific papers and do not change Gedi’s announced interim plan.