Keskisuomalainen
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 Front page for 11 December 2008 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Keskisuomalainen Oyj |
| Publisher | Keskisuomalainen Oyj |
| Editor | Pekka Mervola |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Political alignment | Centrist |
| Language | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Circulation | 61,163 (2013) |
| Sister newspapers | Savon Sanomat |
| ISSN | 0356-1402 |
| Website | www.ksml.fi |
Keskisuomalainen is a daily Finnish language newspaper published in Jyväskylä, serving central Finland (Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). Its parent company Keskisuomalainen Oyj owns nearly 80 newspapers.[1]
History and profile
Keskisuomalainen was first published on 7 January 1871 with the title Keski-Suomi, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper still in circulation.[2][3] The current name was adopted in 1918.[2] The paper has its headquarters in Jyväskylä.[4] Keskisuomalainen is published in broadsheet format.[5] The paper was the organ of the Centre Party until 1986 when it declared itself as "a newspaper in the centre".[4]
The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj,[3] has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.[6] After April 2019 Keskisuomalainen owns nearly 80 different newspapers.[1]
Acquisitions:
- 2001 Savon Mediat Oy; majority of shares in 2001, and rest in 2006
- Savon Sanomat and some local papers
- 2013 Suomen Lehtiyhtymä
- Aamuposti, Keski-Uusimaa, Helsingin Uutiset, Länsiväylä and Vantaan Sanomat
- 2016 Mediatalo ESA
- Etelä-Suomen Sanomat ja Radio Voima.
- April 2019 Kaakon Viestintä and ESV-Paikallismediat Oy and printing house in Kouvola from Länsi-Savo -conglomerate.
- Itä-Savo, Etelä-Saimaa, Kouvolan Sanomat, Kymen Sanomat ja Länsi-Savo and Uutisvuoksi.
- 9 weekly newspapers: Juvan Lehti, Kaakonkulma, Kangasniemen Kunnallislehti, Keskilaakso, Luumäen Lehti, Länsi-Saimaan Sanomat, Paikallislehti Joutseno, Pitäjänuutiset and Puruvesi-lehti.
Circulation
The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 77,135 copies in 2001.[7][8] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 76,000 copies.[5] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 76,816 copies and it was the fifth best-selling paper in the country.[9] The same year the paper had a readership of 188,000.[9] The paper had a circulation of 74,840 copies in 2006.[10]
In January 2007 its circulation was 76,000 copies, making it the fifth highest circulation of daily Finnish papers, while the average number of readers climbed up to 130,000.[6] The circulation of the paper was 74,945 copies in 2007.[11] The paper had a circulation of 73,559 copies in 2008 and 71,777 copies in 2009.[12] Its circulation was 68,880 copies in 2009 and 68,101 copies in 2010.[12] It fell to 65,327 copies in 2012.[13] The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 61,163 copies in 2013.[14]
References
- ^ a b "Läjä isoja lehtiä yksiin käsiin: Keskisuomalaisen haltuun 6 sanomalehteä Kaakkois-Suomesta – "Väistämätöntä, kun yritetään pysyä hengissä"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ a b Hokkanen, Kari. Keskisuomalaisessakin on taisteltu vallasta ja linjasta[permanent dead link], Ilkka (in Finnish), 2 December 2007
- ^ a b "Karjalainen, Keskisuomalainen, Savon Sanomat and Etelä-Suomen Sanomat choose Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ a b Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local" (PDF). Cirebon. Archived from the original (Book chapter) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b Salminen, Airi and Hakaniemi, Kirsi. Facing the challenges of multi-channel publishing in a newspaper company, Journal of Cases on Information Technology (January 2007)
- ^ "Finland Press and Media". Press Reference. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (31 January 2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ a b Olli Nurmi (11 October 2004). "Colour quality control – The Finnish example" (PDF). VTT. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Top ten daily newspapers by circulation 2006". Nordicom. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ a b "National Newspapers". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Top 20 daily paid-for newspapers in the Nordic countries 2013". Nordicom. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
External links
- Official website
Media related to Keskisuomalainen at Wikimedia Commons
