Overview
- USIGRai announced a nationwide byline strike for Friday 13 February across all RAI TV newscasts, radio bulletins, information programs, and websites.
- The union ordered a statement explaining the protest to be read at the end of any edition lasting at least five minutes and to be published online.
- RaiSport journalists have already removed bylines from Olympic coverage and confirmed a three-day strike to begin after the Games.
- RAI management has not offered a clear public response, with press reports describing a temporary freeze after CEO Giampaolo Rossi met Petrecca and suggesting he could be reassigned in spring.
- Separately, RaiSport has lost the television rights to the ATP Finals to Mediaset, adding to the division’s setbacks.