Ilta-Sanomat
Finnish tabloid newspaper
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Ilta-Sanomat (Finnish for 'the evening news') is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid-size evening newspapers and the largest paper in the country. Its counterpart and biggest rival is Iltalehti.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Sanoma |
| Editor-in-chief | Johanna Lahti |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | Helsinki |
| Circulation | 55,000 (as of 2024) |
| Sister newspapers | Helsingin Sanomat |
| Website | www |
According to the National Media Research done in 2019, Ilta-Sanomat is also the biggest digital media in Finland and reaches about 2.5 million Finns.[1]
Johanna Lahti has been the editor-in-chief of Ilta-Sanomat since November 2019, when the previous editor-in-chief Tapio Sadeoja retired after 38 years in office.[2]
History and profile
The paper was established in 1932 as the afternoon edition of Helsingin Sanomat.[3][4][5] In 1949 it became a separate newspaper and was named Ilta-Sanomat.[5]
Its sister paper is Helsingin Sanomat and both papers are part of Sanoma.[3] Ilta-Sanomat is published in tabloid format six times per week.[6][7] The paper has an independent political stance.[8]
Circulation
The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 212,854 copies in 1993, making it the second largest newspaper in Finland after its sister paper Helsingin Sanomat.[9] In the period of 1995-1996 the paper had a circulation of 213,600 copies.[10]
Ilta-Sanomat had a circulation of 215,000 copies in 2000.[11] Its circulation was 218,829 copies in 2001, making it the second most read paper in the country.[6][12] In 2002 it had a circulation of 214,610 copies on weekdays and 243,443 copies in weekends.[4] It was again the second best selling newspaper with the paper-based circulation on a declining trajectory at 205,000 copies in 2003.[13] Next year the circulation of the paper was down to 201,000 copies.[14]
The circulation continued to fall, to 195,673 copies in 2005,[12] 186,462 copies in 2006,[15] and 176,531 copies in 2007.[16] The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 161,615 copies in 2008 and 152,948 copies in 2009.[12][17] It was 150,351 copies in 2010[17] and 143,321 copies in 2011.[7]
In 2010 the online version of Ilta-Sanomat was the second most visited website in Finland in 2010 and was visited by 1,823,956 people per week.[18]
Editors-in-chief
- Johanna Lahti 2019–[2]
- Reijo Ruokanen ?–2010[19]
- Tapio Sadeoja 2007–2019[2]
- Hannu Savola 2006–2007
- Antti-Pekka Pietilä 2003–2006
- Vesa-Pekka Koljonen 1984–2003
- Martti Huhtamäki 1974–1983
- Olavi Aarrejärvi 1966–1973
- Heikki Tikkanen 1961–1966
- Teo Mertanen 1956–1961
- Eero Petäjäniemi 1949–1956
- Yrjö Niiniluoto 1938–1949 (also the editor-in-chief Helsingin Sanomat)
- Eljas Erkko 1932–1938 (also the editor-in-chief Helsingin Sanomat)