Kainuun_Sanomat
Kainuun Sanomat is a Finnish morning newspaper published in Kainuu, also in some parts in the eastern part of former Oulu (province).
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Alma Media |
| Editor | Markus Pirttijoki |
| Founded | 1917; 107 years ago (1917) |
| Political alignment | Neutral |
| Language | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Kajaani, Finland |
| Circulation | 17,056 (2013) |
| Website | www.kainuunsanomat.fi |
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]
The following is a list of the Editors in-chief of Kainuun Sanomat
- Jussi Kukkonen (1918-1954)
- Otso Kukkonen (1955-1989)
- Keijo Korhonen (1989-1994)
- Matti Piirainen (1995-2013)
- Markus Pirttijoki (2013-2019)
- Sanna Keskinen (2019-2020)
- "History". Alma Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- "Kainuun Sanomat". Euro Topics. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- "The distribution of Alma Media's Kainuu newspapers transferred to a new company" (Press release). Alma Media. 7 March 2014.
- Trude Pettersen (28 October 2014). "Finnish newspapers join forces". Barents Observer. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- "Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- 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.
- "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.
