Vie Nuove
Vie Nuove (Italian: "New Ways") was a weekly popular magazine published in Italy between 1946 and 1978. The magazine was one of the post-war publications of the Italian Communist Party which used it to attract larger sections of the population. History and profile. The magazine was launched by the Communist Party in 1946 with the goal of informing the party members about recent developments. The founder was Luigi Longo who also edited the magazine. Historian Paolo Spriano was one of the contributors of the magazine. Another contributor was Maria Musu. Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini published his  writings in a column in the magazine in which he also replied the questions of readers concerning literature, religion, Marxist theory, among others. The column was titled "Dialoghi con Passolini" (meaning "Passolini in Dialogue") and lasted from 28 May 1960 to 30 September 1965 with one year interruption between 1963 and September 1964. "Vie Nuovo" valued the female movie stars of the 1950s, including Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano and Sophia Loren and featured them. However, it was against photoromances arguing that these were the tools for bourgeois and capitalist propaganda which mortified women due to the fact they were sexually  objectified in their photographs. In 1952 "Vie Nuovo" reached the highest circulation selling 350,000 copies. The magazine sold 125-130,000 copies in 1963. The circulation was 114-120,000 copies in late 1966.