Ilta-Sanomat

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Ilta-Sanomat
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TypeDaily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Sanoma
Editor-in-chiefJohanna Lahti
Founded1932;93 years ago (1932)
Headquarters Helsinki
Circulation 55,000(as of 2024)
Sister newspapers Helsingin Sanomat
Website www.is.fi OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ilta-Sanomat ( Finnish for 'the evening news') is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid-size evening newspapers and the largest paper in the country. Its counterpart and biggest rival is Iltalehti .

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According to the National Media Research done in 2019, Ilta-Sanomat is also the biggest digital media in Finland and reaches about 2.5 million Finns. [1]

Johanna Lahti has been the editor-in-chief of Ilta-Sanomat since November 2019, when the previous editor-in-chief Tapio Sadeoja retired after 38 years in office. [2]

History and profile

The paper was established in 1932 as the afternoon edition of Helsingin Sanomat . [3] [4] [5] In 1949 it became a separate newspaper and was named Ilta-Sanomat. [5]

Its sister paper is Helsingin Sanomat and both papers are part of Sanoma. [3] Ilta-Sanomat is published in tabloid format six times per week. [6] [7] The paper has an independent political stance. [8]

Circulation

The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 212,854 copies in 1993, making it the second largest newspaper in Finland after its sister paper Helsingin Sanomat. [9] In the period of 1995-1996 the paper had a circulation of 213,600 copies. [10]

Ilta-Sanomat had a circulation of 215,000 copies in 2000. [11] Its circulation was 218,829 copies in 2001, making it the second most read paper in the country. [6] [12] In 2002 it had a circulation of 214,610 copies on weekdays and 243,443 copies in weekends. [4] It was again the second best selling newspaper with the paper-based circulation on a declining trajectory at 205,000 copies in 2003. [13] Next year the circulation of the paper was down to 201,000 copies. [14]

The circulation continued to fall, to 195,673 copies in 2005, [12] 186,462 copies in 2006, [15] and 176,531 copies in 2007. [16] The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 161,615 copies in 2008 and 152,948 copies in 2009. [12] [17] It was 150,351 copies in 2010 [17] and 143,321 copies in 2011. [7]

In 2010 the online version of Ilta-Sanomat was the second most visited website in Finland in 2010 and was visited by 1,823,956 people per week. [18]

Editors-in-chief

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"Ilta-Sanomat" newspaper

See also

References

  1. ↑ "KMT osoittaa: Ilta-Sanomat on Suomen suurin uutismedia". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Suomen suurimman uutismedian pomo vaihtuu! IS:n päätoimittaja Tapio Sadeoja eläkkeelle: "Vierastan missiojournalismia"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 Georgios Terzis, ed. (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Intellect Books. p. 98. ISBN   978-1-84150-192-5 . Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 "SanomaWSOY Corporation - Company Profile". Reference for Business. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (31 January 2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 62. ISBN   978-0-7619-4132-3 . Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Finland Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Bernard A. Cook (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 384. ISBN   978-0-8153-4057-7 . Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce. SAGE Publications. 24 September 1998. p. 10. ISBN   978-1-4462-6524-6 . Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 dailies 2000". campaign. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Kaarina Nikunen (2013). "Losing my profession: Age, experience and expertise in the changing newsrooms" (PDF). Journalism. 15 (7). Sage Publications: 868–888. doi:10.1177/1464884913508610. S2CID   144286660 . Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Top ten daily newspapers by circulation 2006". Nordicom. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  17. 1 2 "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Kari Karppinen; Hannu Nieminen; Anna-Laura Markkanen (2014). "High Professional Ethos in a Small, Concentrated Media Market" (PDF). Blogipalvelut. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Reijo Ruokanen appointed editor-in-chief". DGAP. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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