Pohjalainen

Pohjalainen
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Ilkka-Yhtymä
Publisher	Ilkka-Yhtymä
Editor	Kalle Heiskanen
Founded	1903
Political alignment	Neutral
Language	Finnish
Ceased publication	30 January 2020
Headquarters	Vaasa, Finland
Circulation	22,598 (2013)
Sister newspapers	Ilkka
Website	Pohjalainen

Pohjalainen was a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Vaasa, Finland. The paper was in circulation from 1903 to 2020.

History and profile[]

Pohjalainen was established in 1903. It was based in Vaasa and part of the Ilkka-Yhtymä, which also owns the Seinäjoki local and regional paper Ilkka.^[1]

As of 2009 Arno Ahosniemi was the editor-in-chief.^[2] The paper had a circulation of 26,670 copies in 2009. Pohjalainen sold 22,598 copies in 2013.^[3]

On September 2019 it was announced Pohjalainen and Ilkka would be merged into a single newspaper, known as Ilkka-Pohjalainen, starting 30 January 2020.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies: Regional Newspaper Discourses in Finland in the 1990s (PhD thesis). Helsinki University. ISBN 952-10-1619-1.
^ "Finland has to be an active contributor, not a bystander". Foreign Ministry. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Ilkka-Yhtymä suunnittelee maakuntalehtibrändien yhdistämistä ja aloittaa yhteistoimintalain mukaiset neuvottelut". Ilkka-Yhtymä. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Ilkka ja Pohjalainen yhdistetään, uusi media on Ilkka-Pohjalainen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

External links[]

Official site

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[1] Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies: Regional Newspaper Discourses in Finland in the 1990s (PhD thesis). Helsinki University. ISBN 952-10-1619-1.

[2] "Finland has to be an active contributor, not a bystander". Foreign Ministry. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[3] "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[4] "Ilkka-Yhtymä suunnittelee maakuntalehtibrändien yhdistämistä ja aloittaa yhteistoimintalain mukaiset neuvottelut". Ilkka-Yhtymä. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[5] "Ilkka ja Pohjalainen yhdistetään, uusi media on Ilkka-Pohjalainen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

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