Keskisuomalainen

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]

Keskisuomalainen
Front page for 11 December 2008
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Keskisuomalainen Oyj
PublisherKeskisuomalainen Oyj
EditorPekka Mervola
Founded1871 (1871)
Political alignmentCentrist
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersJyväskylä, Finland
Circulation61,163 (2013)
Sister newspapersSavon Sanomat
ISSN0356-1402
Websitewww.ksml.fi

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
  • April 2019 Kaakon Viestintä and ESV-Paikallismediat Oy and printing house in Kouvola from Länsi-Savo -conglomerate.

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
  1. "Läjä isoja lehtiä yksiin käsiin: Keskisuomalaisen haltuun 6 sanomalehteä Kaakkois-Suomesta – "Väistämätöntä, kun yritetään pysyä hengissä"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. Hokkanen, Kari. Keskisuomalaisessakin on taisteltu vallasta ja linjasta, Ilkka (in Finnish), 2 December 2007
  3. "Karjalainen, Keskisuomalainen, Savon Sanomat and Etelä-Suomen Sanomat choose Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. Salminen, Airi and Hakaniemi, Kirsi. Facing the challenges of multi-channel publishing in a newspaper company, Journal of Cases on Information Technology (January 2007)
  7. "Finland Press and Media". Press Reference. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  8. 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.
  9. Olli Nurmi (11 October 2004). "Colour quality control – The Finnish example" (PDF). VTT. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  10. "Top ten daily newspapers by circulation 2006". Nordicom. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  11. "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  12. "National Newspapers". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  13. Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  14. "Top 20 daily paid-for newspapers in the Nordic countries 2013". Nordicom. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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