Maaseudun Tulevaisuus

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Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
PublisherViestilehdet Oy
Editor-in-chiefJouni Kemppainen
Managing editorJussi Martikainen
Tiina Taipale
Founded1916;107 years ago (1916)
Political alignmentIndependent
Language Finnish
Headquarters Helsinki
Website Official website

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (MT; Finnish: the Rural Future) is a Finnish language newspaper published three times per week in Helsinki, Finland. [1] [2]

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History and profile

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was first published in 1916. [3] [4] [5] The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners is the owner of the paper. [1] [3] [6] Its publisher is Viestilehdet Oy, [7] which is owned by the Union. [1] [8] The paper has a correspondent in Brussels since 1995 when Finland became a member of the European Union. [1]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus has no political affiliation. [1] As of 2014 the editor-in-chief was Jouni Kemppainen. [1] The paper focuses on news concerning agriculture and forestry management, rural businesses and country life. [3] [9] It has its headquarters in Helsinki [10] and is published three times in a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. [3] [11]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus is published in broadsheet format [9] [12] and consists of 22 pages. [1] The paper has a special issue, Metsänomistaja, which is published four days per year. [11]

Circulation

In 1993 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fifth largest newspaper in Finland with a circulation of 110,951 copies. [10] It was the sixth most read newspaper in the country in 2001 selling 89,197 copies. [13] Maaseudun Tulevaisuus sold 84,000 copies in 2003, making it the sixth best selling newspaper in the country. [12] In 2005 its circulation was 84,200 copies. [14] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 82,000 copies. [15]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fifth most read newspaper in the country in 2007. [16] The number of its subscribers was 84,254 in 2008, [1] and its circulation was 84,254 copies the same year. [17] As of 2009 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the third most read paper in the country with a readership of 309,000. [3] The same year the paper had a circulation of 83,044 copies. [17] It was 83,158 copies in 2010. [17]

In 2011 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fourth largest paper in the country in terms of readership [18] and had a circulation of 83,259 copies. [17] [19] In 2012 its circulation fell to 81,774 copies. [7] [11] The paper sold 80,754 copies in 2013. [20]

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