Riitta Korhonen has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of ET-lehti as of 15 February. She has been the magazine’s Editorial Manager since last spring. Riitta Korhonen (57) has extensive experience of the magazine and newspaper world. She joined Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines, in spring 2011 from Talentum Media, where she was a development manager. She previously worked as a...
Eero Anhava (30) has been appointed Director, Digital Publishing at Sanoma Magazines, Finland’s leading magazine publisher, as of 1 May this year. Eero Anhava will join Sanoma Magazines from Sanoma´s Finnish digital matrice, where he is currently Development Manager. Prior to this position, he worked as Development Manager at Sanoma News’ Strategy Office and Product Manager at the online...
Jouni Mulari (40) will take up the position of Director, Customer Relationship Management at Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines, and join the company’s Management Group, as of 3 February – with overall responsibility for consumer sales, including both sales channels and customer service. Prior to joining Sanoma Magazines, Jouni Mulari was Director, S Customer Service a...
Leena Karo has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Iiris, a new title to be launched by Sanoma Magazines, Finland’s leading magazine publisher, in March next year. Iiris will be aimed at Finland’s some 1.5 million women and men aged between 50 and 64. Its concept represents an innovative mix of the best aspects of women’s and general interest titles. Leena Karo is best known for her 17-year caree...
Sanoma Magazines, Finland’s leading magazine publisher, is to expand its portfolio with a new title aimed at a broad range of people in their fifties and sixties. To be known as Iiris, the magazine will offer a unique combination of quality journalism and glamorous features. Edited by Leena Karo, the magazine will appear for the first time in March 2012. Iiris has been designed to appeal to the...
Niina Leino (43) has been appointed Head of Editorial Teams at Sanoma Magazines Finland’s Magazines Unit and will be responsible for the lifestyle and family titles of Finland’s leading magazine publisher. Niina Leino will transfer to Sanoma Magazines Finland as of 30 January, 2012 from Bonnier Publications, where she has been publications director and editor-in-chief of Olivia. Earlier i...
Head of Editorial Teams Tapio Kivistö is to lead a project to develop the portfolio of technology, car, and science titles at Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines. At the same time the Editor-in-Chief of MikroBitti changes. Head of Editorial Teams Tapio Kivistö (43) is in charge of the technology, car, and science titles at Sanoma Magazines Finland´s Magazines Unit. These maga...
Minna Juti has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Gloria, Finland’s leading fashion and lifestyle magazine. She joins the magazine from Glorian Koti. Minna Juti (51) has a wide-ranging background in the magazine and newspaper world, and has been Editor-in-Chief of Glorian Koti since 2003. She previously served as the magazine’s managing editor and as editorial secretary at Gloria, and earlier in...
Press Release 2/11/2011 10:50 Channel Four news desk relocates to Sanoma House The news desk of Channel Four Finland (Nelonen) will be merged with the news desk of Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's leading newspaper. In the future, news broadcasts will be produced by Helsingin Sanomat. As a result, the Channel Four Finland news desk will move to the same location as Helsingin Sanomat, Sanoma H...
Press Release 2 November 2011 at 10:30 Sanoma Magazines, Finland's leading magazine publisher, has decided to concentrate its resources on developing its leading magazine brands and launching new titles - and is planning to end the publication of four of its current titles. Sanoma Magazines will cease publication of Prosessori and is planning the closure of Sara as part of redesigning its magaz...
Sanoma Magazines Finland’s Custom Publishing Unit is to revamp its organisation as of the beginning of November. Finland’s most experienced custom publishing house and the winner of the title of top Finnish customer publisher three times in succession has also shortens its name to Sanoma Custom Publishing. Petri Karjalainen, previously Sanoma Magazines Finland’s Director, Strategy, has be...
Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines Finland, will make its own contribution to World Design Capital 2012 Helsinki through an innovative new title: Gloria Design. The magazine will combine quality content, premium printing, and beautiful paper to give readers something very special. Sanoma Magazines is one of WDC 2012 Helsinki’s main corporate partners. Gloria Design will appe...
Two of the magazines produced by Sanoma Custom Publishing have again made it to the shortlist of International Content Marketing Awards. The two titles in the running are Focus, which promotes Finland internationally, and Sanoma Magazines Finland’s own personnel magazine, Meidän Media. Getting on the shortlist of the annual International Content Marketing Awards (ICMA) organised by the Associat...
World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 and Sanoma Custom Publishing have signed an agreement to produce an international magazine profiling WDC Helsinki 2012. The magazine, which will cover a wide range of design-related topics, will have a print run of at least 200,000 copies. The 84-page design magazine to be produced by Sanoma Custom Publishing will appear at the end of January 2012 and will foc...
Parallel to Sanoma’s reorganisation of its Finnish media operations, Sanoma Magazines Finland is revamping its own organisation. As of 1 October, Finland’s leading magazine publisher will consist of the following units: Magazines, Comics, Books & Digital Products, Publishing Services, Consumer Sales, Media Sales, and Finance, Technology & HR. Editorial Director Riitta Pollari has been appointed...
Press Release 15/9/2011 "Sanoma is concentrating all its print-independent digital businesses to Sanoma Digital Finland. As a result, Sanoma Games, a provider of popular casual and manager game services, has been moved from the Sanoma Entertainment organization to Sanoma News. "Sanoma Games' move to Sanoma Digital will help us continue growing in the Finnish market; growth in the online gaming...
Press Release 15.9.2011 The Sanoma Group's strategic business units in Finland - Sanoma Media Finland and Sanoma News - are to start extensive cooperation aimed at accelerating their growth by leveraging synergies between the two businesses. A joint steering group will be established to manage and coordinate cooperation between Sanoma Media Finland and Sanoma News. The plan is to leverage...
Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines Finland, is to launch a new weekly with a focus on technology, the economy, and business at the beginning of next year. The title will launch with a base readership of 53,000 readers, as the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland has selected it as the new magazine for its members from the beginning of 2012. The aim of the new title will be to become the country’s number-one technology weekly.
Finland's most popular women's magazines, Kodin Kuvalehti, Me Naiset, and ET-lehti, have further cemented their leading position on the Finnish magazine market, attracting a total of 73,000 new readers according to the latest Finnish National Readership Survey (NRS Reader 2010). ET-lehti, which is Finland's leading title for people in the third stage of their lives, now has 75...