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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