Karjalainen (newspaper)

Karjalainen is a Finnish language daily newspaper published in North Karelia, Finland. It is the third oldest newspaper in the country.[1]

Karjalainen
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Pohjois-Karjalan Kirjapaino Group
Founder(s)Henrik Piipponen
Founded1874 (1874)
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersJoensuu
CountryFinland
WebsiteKarjalainen

History and profile

The newspaper was first published in 1874 under the name Karjalatar.[1][2] The founder was a teacher, Henrik Piipponen.[3] In 1917, the paper switched its name to Karjalainen.[3] In the mid-1950s it was published six times per week.[4]

As of 2014 Karjalainen was part of the Pohjois-Karjalan Kirjapaino Group.[1] The paper was previously part of the Väli-Suomen Media group which also owned another newspaper, Ilkka.[5] Its headquarters is in Joensuu,[3][6] and the paper is distributed in North Karelia, a region in eastern Finland.[2][7] The circulation area of the paper is under the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church.[5]

Karjalainen had close links with the National Coalition party until 1995.[2] The paper has been an independent publication since then.[2] It is a partner of a newspaper association named Väli Suomen Media Oy.[2] As of 2014 Pasi Koivumaa was the editor-in-chief of the daily.[7]

Karjalainen was the first Finnish newspaper to publish the comic strip Phantom, which was published on 1 October 1940 with the title Fantom.[8]

Karjalainen had a circulation of 30,687 copies in 1957.[4] It sold 46,000 copies in 2010.[2] The 2011 circulation of the paper was 44,728 copies.[9] The paper had a circulation of 41,410 copies in 2013.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Karjalainen, Keskisuomalainen, Savon Sanomat and Etelä-Suomen Sanomat choose Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Karjalainen". Euro Topics. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies. Regional newspaper discourses in Finland in the 1990s (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/23455. ISBN 952-10-1619-1.
  4. A. Gayle Waldrop (June 1957). "The Daily Newspaper Press in Finland". Journalism Quarterly. 34 (2): 231. doi:10.1177/107769905703400208.
  5. Johanna Sumiala; et al. (2017). "Politics of Space in News Media: Mapping Religion in Four Finnish Newspapers (2007–2011)". Journal of Religion in Europe. 10 (4): 419. doi:10.1163/18748929-01004007.
  6. Europa World Year. Vol. 1 (45th ed.). London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 1652. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  7. "Itella takes over newspaper distribution business in Eastern Finland". Post and Parcel. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. "Nordic newspapers put the spotlight on The Phantom". Chronicle Chamber. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  10. "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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