Alma Media
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Alma Media is one of the largest media companies in Finland
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Alma Media is specialized in newspapers, online media and other internet services. Its best known products are Aamulehti
, Iltalehti
, Kauppalehti
, Monster.fi, Etuovi.com and City24. Alma Media employs ca. 2,800 professionals. Net sales in 2010 totalled EUR 311.4 million. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
The Newspapers business area includes the publishing of the afternoon paper Iltalehti, five regional papers and 29 local and city papers plus their online businesses.
The Kauppalehti Group includes Finland's leading business newspaper Kauppalehti, its online services as well as the information services Balance Consulting and ePortti. Alma 360 asiakasmedia, designing and producing content for marketing communication, and the news agency Baltic News Service (BNS) operating in the Baltic countries also report to this segment.
The Marketplaces business area includes online classified advertisements, supported by printed media as necessary. Services of the Marketplaces segment in Finland are Etuovi.com and Vuokraovi.com (homes), Monster.fi (recruitment), Autotalli.com, (vehicles), Mascus.fi (heavy machinery) and Mikko.fi (online trade and auction site). Services outside Finland are City24, Mascus
, Bovision and Objektvision.
Alma Media's printing and distribution business has been organised into a company named Alma Manu Oy on 1 July 2010. Alma Manu brings together Alma Media's three newspaper printing houses in Tampere, Pori and Rovaniemi as well as the newspaper distribution company Aamujakelu Oy operating in Pirkanmaa, Sea Lapland and Satakunta.
Regional newspapers
Local and city newspapers
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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Alma Media is specialized in newspapers, online media and other internet services. Its best known products are Aamulehti
Aamulehti
Aamulehti is a Finnish newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation of 136,726 per day and 140,802 on Sundays . Today Aamulehti is part of Alma Media, a large media corporation in Finland...
, Iltalehti
Iltalehti
Iltalehti is a daily tabloid newspaper and the third largest newspaper in Finland. Of tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti has a market share of 40% and its biggest rival Ilta-Sanomat has a market share of 60%...
, Kauppalehti
Kauppalehti
Kauppalehti is a commerce-oriented newspaper in Finland owned by Alma Media....
, Monster.fi, Etuovi.com and City24. Alma Media employs ca. 2,800 professionals. Net sales in 2010 totalled EUR 311.4 million. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
Business operations
Alma Media has three business areas: Newspapers, Kauppalehti Group and Marketplaces.The Newspapers business area includes the publishing of the afternoon paper Iltalehti, five regional papers and 29 local and city papers plus their online businesses.
The Kauppalehti Group includes Finland's leading business newspaper Kauppalehti, its online services as well as the information services Balance Consulting and ePortti. Alma 360 asiakasmedia, designing and producing content for marketing communication, and the news agency Baltic News Service (BNS) operating in the Baltic countries also report to this segment.
The Marketplaces business area includes online classified advertisements, supported by printed media as necessary. Services of the Marketplaces segment in Finland are Etuovi.com and Vuokraovi.com (homes), Monster.fi (recruitment), Autotalli.com, (vehicles), Mascus.fi (heavy machinery) and Mikko.fi (online trade and auction site). Services outside Finland are City24, Mascus
Mascus
' is an electronic marketplace for used ' , ', ', ' , ' and related spares and accessories around the world.The company was founded in the year 2000 and is part of Alma Media Corporation, one of the leading media companies in the Nordic region of EuropeMascus operates in 42 countries globally,...
, Bovision and Objektvision.
Alma Media's printing and distribution business has been organised into a company named Alma Manu Oy on 1 July 2010. Alma Manu brings together Alma Media's three newspaper printing houses in Tampere, Pori and Rovaniemi as well as the newspaper distribution company Aamujakelu Oy operating in Pirkanmaa, Sea Lapland and Satakunta.
History in brief
- Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainon Osakeyhtiö (Finnish Literature Society's Printing Company Ltd) starts operating in 1849 and prints the Suometar newspaper.
- Alma’s biggest newspapers are founded around the century: Satakunnan KansaSatakunnan KansaSatakunnan Kansa is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It is based in Pori. Established in 1873, as of 2007 it has a circulation of 55,302 papers.-External links:*...
(1873), AamulehtiAamulehtiAamulehti is a Finnish newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation of 136,726 per day and 140,802 on Sundays . Today Aamulehti is part of Alma Media, a large media corporation in Finland...
(1881), KauppalehtiKauppalehtiKauppalehti is a commerce-oriented newspaper in Finland owned by Alma Media....
(1898), Pohjolan SanomatPohjolan SanomatPohjolan Sanomat is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It is based in Kemi. Established in 1915, as of 2008 it has a circulation of 21,746 papers.-External links:*...
(1915), Kainuun SanomatKainuun SanomatKainuun Sanomat is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It was established in 1918 and had a circulation of 22,152 papers in 2008....
(1917) and Lapin KansaLapin KansaLapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Finland, based in Rovaniemi. Established in 1928, as of 2008 it has a circulation of 34,461 papers as of 2009.-External links:*...
(1928). IltalehtiIltalehtiIltalehti is a daily tabloid newspaper and the third largest newspaper in Finland. Of tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti has a market share of 40% and its biggest rival Ilta-Sanomat has a market share of 60%...
was founded in1980. - Tampereen Kirjapaino Oy and Uusi SuomiUusi SuomiUusi Suomi was a Finnish daily newspaper, which was published from 1919 to 1991.On May 25, 2007, it was announced that the Finnish company Nikotiimi had purchased the rights to the name "Uusi Suomi" from Alma Media and would start an online newspaper bearing that name in the fall of...
Oy are merged in 1988 to become one of Finland's largest newspaper publishers. The new company was later named Aamulehti Corporation. - Over the years, company company expands its business from newspapers to online services, television and radio.
- Alma Media Corporation officially begins operating on 1998.
- A major restructuring took place in Alma Media in 2005. The company divested its broadcasting business and decided to focus on publishing newspapers, business information and online marketplaces.
Newspapers
Nationwide newspapers- IltalehtiIltalehtiIltalehti is a daily tabloid newspaper and the third largest newspaper in Finland. Of tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti has a market share of 40% and its biggest rival Ilta-Sanomat has a market share of 60%...
- KauppalehtiKauppalehtiKauppalehti is a commerce-oriented newspaper in Finland owned by Alma Media....
Regional newspapers
- AamulehtiAamulehtiAamulehti is a Finnish newspaper published in Tampere. It has the second largest circulation of Finnish dailies with an average circulation of 136,726 per day and 140,802 on Sundays . Today Aamulehti is part of Alma Media, a large media corporation in Finland...
- Lapin KansaLapin KansaLapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Finland, based in Rovaniemi. Established in 1928, as of 2008 it has a circulation of 34,461 papers as of 2009.-External links:*...
- Kainuun SanomatKainuun SanomatKainuun Sanomat is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It was established in 1918 and had a circulation of 22,152 papers in 2008....
- Pohjolan SanomatPohjolan SanomatPohjolan Sanomat is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It is based in Kemi. Established in 1915, as of 2008 it has a circulation of 21,746 papers.-External links:*...
- Satakunnan KansaSatakunnan KansaSatakunnan Kansa is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Finland. It is based in Pori. Established in 1873, as of 2007 it has a circulation of 55,302 papers.-External links:*...
Local and city newspapers
- Hervannan Sanomat
- Janakkalan Sanomat
- Jokilaakso
- Jämsän Seutu
- Kankaanpään Seutu
- KMV-lehti
- Koillis-Lappi
- Koti-Kajaani
- Kuhmolainen
- Kuriiri
- Luoteisväylä
- Merikarvialehti
- Meri-Lapin Helmi
- Nokian Uutiset
- Porin Sanomat
- Pyhäjokiseutu
- Raahelainen
- Raahen Seutu
- Rannikkoseutu
- Sotkamo
- Suur-Keuruu
- Sydän-Satakunta
- Tori
- Uusi Rovaniemi
- Valkeakosken Sanomat
- Vekkari
- Ylä-Kainuu
Kauppalehti Group
Provides business information and services.- KauppalehtiKauppalehtiKauppalehti is a commerce-oriented newspaper in Finland owned by Alma Media....
: Versatile provider of business information operating a multitude of business newspapers and magazines as well as online services. - Baltic News Service: News agency in the Baltic states with offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. BNS also has a business unit offering media monitoring services in the entire Baltic region.
- Alma 360 asiakasmedia: designs and produces content for marketing communication, such as customer magazines, staff magazines, web publications and video content.