Newspapers
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Sanoma
News publishes a wide range of newspapers in Finland. It has a
nationwide newspaper, a tabloid, free sheets, regional and local
papers, and free ad publications. In addition, some papers have
several supplements and each paper has an online
edition.
Sanoma Magazines publishes newspapers
in Russia.
Dailies
Sanoma
News publishes Helsingin Sanomat, Finland's largest newspaper and
the largest daily in the Nordic region. Helsingin Sanomat was
founded in 1904, in the footsteps of its predecessor, Päivälehti,
which was published between 1889 and 1904. The newspaper's
circulation is over 400,000 copies and it has almost one million
daily readers.
Helsingin Sanomat reaches more than
20% of Finns. It is the leading advertising medium in Finland. In
addition to the daily edition, Helsingin Sanomat readers also
receive a weekly supplement NYT focusing on leisure and
entertainment on Fridays, and a monthly magazine Kuukausiliite. The
online edition of Helsingin Sanomat (hs.fi) offers news around the
clock.
Independent Media, a part of Sanoma
Magazines, publishes newspapers - The Moscow Times and The St.
Petersburg Times - in English in Russia.
Established in 1992, The Moscow Times
is published every weekday and contains analyses and news about
international and domestic current affairs. The newspaper is
distributed free of charge in over 500 outlets in the Moscow area,
and by subscription to individual and corporate clients. The St.
Petersburg Times in St. Petersburg is a similar concept to The
Moscow Times.
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Tabloids
Published since 1932, Ilta-Sanomat is Finland's largest
quality tabloid and the country's second-largest newspaper. The
paper's circulation is over 160,000 copies and it has over 800,000
readers. Iltasanomat.fi is one of Finland's most popular websites;
the site has over one and a half million unique visitors per
week.
Ilta-Sanomat also publishes Veikkaaja
(sports) and IS TV guide. Veikkaaja is the largest magazine
specialising in sports and sport betting in Finland.
Business papers
Taloussanomat business paper was established in 1997. It is
published only as an online edition. Taloussanomat.fi
reaches over 600,000 weekly visitors.
In association with The Wall Street
Journal and Financial Times, Independent Media, part of Sanoma Magazines,
publishes the leading Russian
business and financial daily Vedomosti, as well as SmartMoney, a
financial magazine.
Free sheets
Sanoma
Free Sheets business unit includes several free sheets, e.g. Metro
and Vartti.
The free sheet Metro is distributed
in the Helsinki metropolitan area as well as in Hämeenlinna,
Järvenpää, Kerava and Lahti. It has over 400,000 readers.
Kaupunkilehti Vartti is delivered to
some 700,000 households in the
Helsinkimetropolitan area in seven regional
issues. Vartti also has four local editions in the cetral
Uusimaa region and southeastern Finland. Vartti Uusimaa,
Vartti Itä-Uusimaa, Vartti Kouvola ja Vartti Lappeenranta are
published twice a week.
Regional and local papers
Sanoma
Lehtimedia publishes three daily newspapers in the southeast
Finland (Etelä-Saimaa, Kouvolan Sanomat and Kymen Sanomat) and six
local papers (Keskilaakso in Anjalankoski, Joutseno, Kaakonkulma,
Luumäen Lehti, Pitäjänuutiset and Uutisvuoksi).
Classifieds ads publications
Keltainen Pörssi has been published since 1986. Keltainen
Pörssi publishes classified ads free of charge on Fridays.
Keltainen Pörssi also has a very popular online service. Kuldne
Börs is a free ad publication published in Estonia.