Kainuun Sanomat

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

Kainuun Sanomat
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Alma Media
EditorMarkus Pirttijoki
Founded1917 (1917)
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersKajaani, Finland
Circulation17,056 (2013)
Websitewww.kainuunsanomat.fi

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

  • Jussi Kukkonen (1918-1954)
  • Otso Kukkonen (1955-1989)
  • Keijo Korhonen (1989-1994)
  • Matti Piirainen (1995-2013)
  • Markus Pirttijoki (2013-2019)
  • Sanna Keskinen (2019-2020)

References
  1. "History". Alma Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. "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.
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