Seura is a Finnish

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...

 weekly magazine published by Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet. Its first issue was published in 1935. A sample issue came out already in the previous year. Another weekly family magazine, similar to Seura, is Apu

Apu (magazine)

Apu is a Finnish weekly family magazine. It was founded in 1933 by Finnish publisher A-lehdet. , its current editor-in-chief is Matti Saari. In 2007, it had a certified readership of 683000 and a circulation of 215525 copies...

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Seura has lost its market share to magazines that concentrate on celebrity gossip. Jari Lindholm was appointed as editor-in-chief in September 2004 to regain market share.

On April 15, 2005 Seura printed story about current Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen

Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Finland and a former Chairman of the Centre Party. In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist...

's and Minister of Culture Tanja Karpela's common night in hotel room about six years ago. The story was based on anonymous source. It was dismissed as "slimy gossip".

Editor-in-chief Jari Lindholm resigned April 14, 2006 after failing to improve circulation. The current editor-in-chief is Pekka Numminen.