Ilta-Sanomat

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Ilta-Sanomat
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TypeDaily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Sanoma
Editor-in-chiefTapio Sadeoja
Founded1932;92 years ago (1932)
Headquarters Helsinki
Circulation 143,321(as of 2011)
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, after the previous editor-in-chief Tapio Sadeoja retired after 38 years in office. [2]

History and profile

The paper was established in 1932 as 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 a circulation of 205,000 copies in 2003. [13] Next year the circulation of the paper was down to 201,000 copies. [14]

The paper had a circulation of 195,673 copies in 2005, [12] and of 186,462 copies in 2006. [15] Its circulation was 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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  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.
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