Pohjolan Sanomat

Pohjolan Sanomat
Type Newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Alma Media
Publisher Kaleva
Editor Maria Jauho
Founded 1915 (1915)
Language Finnish
Headquarters Kemi, Finland
Circulation 16,442 (2013)
Website Official site

Pohjolan Sanomat is a broadsheet newspaper published in Kemi, Finland.

History and profile

Pohjolan Sanomat was established in 1915.[1][2] The owner of the paper is Alma Media[3] and the paper is based in Kemi.[4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Lapin Kansa.[3]

Pohjolan Sanomat has a formal affiliation with the Centre Party.[5]

Maria Jauho was appointed senior editor-in-chief of the daily on 1 July 2014, replacing Heikki Lääkkölä in the post which he had held since 1996.[6]

In January 2011 Pohjolan Sanomat changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[7] The paper was published for seven days per week, but it became a five-day newspaper in 2014.[8] However, its online edition is updated daily.[8]

In 2002 the circulation of the paper was 23,483 copies.[1] As of 2008 it had a circulation of 21,746 copies. The circulation of the paper was 16,442 copies in 2013.[9]

Pohjolan Sanomat offices in Kemi (2007)

References

  1. 1 2 The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 10 July 2003. p. 1613. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "History". Alma Media. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house". Global Newswire. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Armas K. E. Holmio (19 June 2001). History of the Finns in Michigan. Wayne State University Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-8143-4000-4.
  5. ↑ Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local" (Book chapter). Cirebon. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Maria Jauho appointed Senior Editor-in-Chief of Pohjolan Sanomat". Alma Media. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Annual review 2011. Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Pohjolan Sanomat to shift its print edition". FE Investegate. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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