Tyrvään Sanomat

Tyrvään Sanomat
Type Regional newspaper
Owner(s) Alma Media Group
Publisher Suomen Paikallissanomat Oy
Editor-in-chief Minna Ala-Heikkilä
Founded 1894 (1894)
Language Finnish
Headquarters Vammala
Circulation 8,032 (2013)
Sister newspapers Aamulehti and Iltalehti
Website Tyrvään Sanomat

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

History and profile

Tyrvään Sanomat headquarters

Tyrvään Sanomat was established by a primary school teacher in a village in South-West Finland in 1894.[2] The paper is based in Vammala[3] and is distributed in the regions of in 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 the 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 is the editor-in-chief.[1] She 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 had a circulation of 9,063 copies.[10] It was 8,539 copies in 2012[11] and 8,032 copies in 2013.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Products". Alma Media Group. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local" (Book chapter). Cirebon. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Tyrvään Sanomat purchase confirmed". FE Investegate. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Awards and recognition in 2013". Alma Media. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  5. "Company Overview of Tyrvään Sanomat Oy". Businessweek. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. "Annual report 2010". Alma Media. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Minna Ala-Heikkilä takes over as Editor-in-Chief for Nokian Uutiset and Tyrvään Sanomat". Reuters. 29 April 2011. 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 (PDF). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 238–249. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  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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