Vasabladet

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Vasabladet
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)HSS Media Ab
EditorNiklas Nyberg
Founded1856;169 years ago (1856)
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageSwedish
Headquarters Vaasa
Circulation 19,325 (2013)
Website www.vasabladet.fi

Vasabladet (abbr. VBL) is a Swedish language regional daily newspaper in Ostrobothnia, Finland. In terms of circulation, it is the second largest Swedish newspaper in Finland, behind Hufvudstadsbladet .

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History and profile

Vasabladet is the second oldest newspaper in Finland which is still in circulation (following Åbo Underrättelser ), the first edition having been published on 7 May 1856. [1] Until 1939, its name was Wasabladet, reflecting the old spelling of the Swedish name for Vaasa. Its headquarters is located in Vaasa [2] (Vasa in Swedish).

Vasabladet is part of and is published by HSS Media. [3] The paper is published six times per week. In May 2013, parts of the online news content were locked behind a hard paywall.

In 1989 Vasabladet sold 27,000 copies. [4] In 2009 its circulation was 22,493 copies, most of which were sold in Vaasa and surrounding areas in Ostrobothnia. The circulation of the paper was 19,325 copies in 2013. [5]

The newspaper is a member of MIDAS (European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages). [6]

References

  1. ↑ Jyrki Jyrkiäinen. "Media Landscapes. Finland". Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Finland Press". Press Reference. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Up to 24 employees dismissed at HSS Media". Journalistiliitto. 20 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Kenneth Douglas McRae; Mika Helander; Sari Luoma (1999). Conflict and Compromise in Multilingual Societies: Finland. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 315. ISBN   978-0-88920-347-1.
  5. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Members". Midas. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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