Tyrvään Sanomat

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Tyrvään Sanomat
TypeRegional newspaper
Owner(s)Alma Media Group
PublisherSuomen Paikallissanomat Oy
Founded1894; 130 years ago (1894)
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersSastamala
CountryFinland
Sister newspapers
WebsiteTyrvään Sanomat

Tyrvään Sanomat is a Finnish language newspaper published in Sastamala, Finland. It is the oldest local newspaper in the country.[1]

History and profile[edit]

Tyrvään Sanomat headquarters

Tyrvään Sanomat was established by a primary school teacher in Tyrvää, Turku and Pori Province in 1894.[2] The paper is based in Vammala, Sastamala[3] and is distributed in the regions of Sastamala and Kiikoinen.[3] The owner is the Alma Media Group[4] which also owns many other newspapers, including Aamulehti and Iltalehti.[1] The publisher of Tyrvään Sanomat was Tyrvään Sanomat Oy until 16 April 2010[5][6] when Suomen Paikallissanomat Oy, a subsidiary of Alma Media Group, became its publisher.[3][7]

Tyrvään Sanomat became the first European newspaper which employed the VDT-based editorial system in 1974.[8] As of 1998 the paper was published three times per week.[2] Then its frequency became twice-weekly.[3][9] Minna Ala-Heikkilä served as its editor-in-chief[1] who was appointed to the post in 2008.[7]

In 2013 the Finnish Newspapers Association awarded Tyrvään Sanomat in the category of the Good News story.[4]

The 1997 circulation of Tyrvään Sanomat was 8,700 copies.[2] In 2011 the paper sold 9,063 copies.[10] Its circulation was 8,539 copies in 2012[11] and 8,032 copies in 2013.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Products". Alma Media Group. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local" (PDF). Cirebon. Archived from the original (Book chapter) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Tyrvään Sanomat purchase confirmed". FE Investegate. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Awards and recognition in 2013". Alma Media. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Company Overview of Tyrvään Sanomat Oy". Businessweek. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Annual report 2010". Alma Media. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Minna Ala-Heikkilä takes over as Editor-in-Chief for Nokian Uutiset and Tyrvään Sanomat". Reuters. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  8. ^ Nils Enlund; Hans E. Andersin (2009). "The Early Days of Computer Aided Newspaper Production Systems". History of Nordic Computing 2. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 238–249. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-03757-3_25. ISBN 978-3-642-03757-3.
  9. ^ "Tyrvään Sanomat purchase confirmed". Money. Helsinki. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Circulation statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Circulation statistics 2012" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  12. ^ "Circulation statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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