Kanava (magazine)

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Kanava
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FrequencyEight times per year
Founded1933;91 years ago (1933)
CompanyOtavamedia
Country Finland
Based in Helsinki
Language Finnish
ISSN 0355-0303

Kanava (Finnish : Channel) is a political and cultural magazine which has been in circulation since 1933. It is owned by Otavamedia. The magazine describes itself as the country's leading discussion forum. [1]

Contents

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1933 under the title Suomalainen Suomi (Finnish for "Finnish Finland") as the official media outlet of the Association of Finnish Culture and Identity. [2] [3] It was renamed as Kanava in 1973. [3]

Kanava appears eight times a year and is part of Otavamedia. [4] The magazine provides a discussion platform about society, politics, economics and culture. [2] [4] It featured reviews of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations in 1955. [5] In the 1970s and 1980s Kanava was one of the Finnish publications which criticized the silent approach of the country towards the Soviet Union and its allies since most of the publications did not present any truthful information about them. [6]

One of its editors-in-chief was the Finnish historian Seikko Eskola who held the post from 1973 to 1996. [7] As of 2021 Kanava had 5,800 subscribers. [2]

Contributors

Kanava's contributors have been from various political origins. [1] Urho Kekkonen, Mika Waltari, and Jussi Teljo are the early contributors of the magazine. [3] Some of its other notable contributors include Timo Vihavainen, Jorma Ojaharju, Esko Rajakoski, Osmo Antero Wiio, and Lasse Lehtinen. [1] In addition to Finnish writers, the magazine also featured articles by international figures such as Hampden Jackson and Larry J. Shaw. [3] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 J P Roos. "Kahtiajakautunut sivistyneistö". Helsinki (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 September 2023. originally published in Kanava's 70th anniversary issue in 2003, pp.83–86
  2. 1 2 3 Ullamaria Kivikuru (2022). "Magazine Twins—Tracing Spaces of Inclusion: Small Media Operating in Two Languages in Finland". In Carla Rodrigues Cardoso; Tim Holmes (eds.). Transforming Magazines: Rethinking the Medium in the Digital Age. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 193. ISBN   978-1-5275-8567-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Andrew G. Newby; Richard Mc Mahon (2017). "Select Document: John Hampden Jackson, 'Finland and Ireland: assorted comparisons' (1937)". Irish Historical Studies. 41 (160): 259–260. doi:10.1017/ihs.2017.35. S2CID   165268135.
  4. 1 2 "Kanava". Otavamedia. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen (2019). "Introduction and Remarks on Jaakko Hintikka's Logical Philosophy". Logica Universalis . 13 (2): 137–145. doi:10.1007/s11787-019-00222-4.
  6. 1 2 Esko Salminen (1999). The Silenced Media The Propaganda War between Russia and the West in Northern Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 33, 97. doi:10.1057/9780230389922. ISBN   978-0-230-38992-2.
  7. "Valtion journalistipalkinnot jaettiin neljälle". Yle (in Finnish). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 22 September 2023.