Kainuun Sanomat

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Kainuun Sanomat
Kainuun Sanomat.svg
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Alma Media
Editor
Founded1917; 105 years ago (1917)
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersKajaani, Finland
Circulation17,056 (2013)
Websitewww.kainuunsanomat.fi

Kainuun Sanomat is a Finnish morning newspaper published in Kainuu, also in some parts in the eastern part of former Oulu (province).

History and profile[]

Kainuun Sanomat was established in 1917.[1] The paper was originally distributed about three times per week until 1945 when it changed to six days a week. The owner of the paper has been Alma Media since the period of 1998-1999.[2][3] It is one of the local newspapers which founded Lännen Media, a news network, in October 2014.[4]

The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2011 when it changed it to tabloid format.[5]

Kainuun Sanomat was the organ of the Centre Party until 1994 when it became an independent paper.[2][6] Reijo Korhonen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper between 1989 and 1994.[2]

Kainuun Sanomat had a circulation of 22,152 copies in 2008. Its 2009 circulation was 22,000 copies.[2] The circulation of the paper was 17,056 copies in 2013.[7]

Editors in-chief[]

The following is a list of the Editors in-chief of Kainuun Sanomat

  • (1918-1954)
  • (1955-1989)
  • Keijo Korhonen (1989-1994)
  • (1995-2013)
  • (2013-2019)
  • (2019-2020)

References[]

  1. ^ "History". Alma Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Kainuun Sanomat". Euro Topics. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The distribution of Alma Media's Kainuu newspapers transferred to a new company" (Press release). Alma Media. 7 March 2014.
  4. ^ Trude Pettersen (28 October 2014). "Finnish newspapers join forces". Barents Observer. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "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.

External links[]

Official website

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