Ilkka-Yhtymä

Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj is a Southern Ostrobothnian publishing house operating in Seinäjoki and Vaasa, Finland. It publishes two of the major regional newspapers Pohjalainen and Ilkka and seven local/town newspapers. The parent company Ilkka-Yhtymä ("Ilkka Group") owns the subsidiaries I-Mediat Oy, which publishes the newspapers, I-print Oy, which is their printing house and a property management company for their facilities.^[1] Additionally, Ilkka-Yhtymä owns substantial stock in Alma Media, Arena Partners, Väli-Suomen Media and Yrittävä Suupohja. Ilkka-Yhtymä also cooperates with other regional newspapers in producing national political news and features.^[2] Its shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange; among Finnish companies, it is considered a medium-sized company. The 2015 revenue was €41.2 million and the operating profit 9.0%, with 4.8% ROI. The Group had 299 personnel.^[3]

Previously, the two newspapers Pohjalainen and Ilkka were fierce competitors. However, in 1992, then-owner Aamulehti sold Pohjalainen to Ilkka. In 2009, Vaasa Oy, the publisher of Pohjalainen, was renamed I-Mediat Oy and Ilkka and other subsidiary newspapers were merged into it. There were 94 journalists and photographers working for the newspapers at the time of the merger.^[2]

References

1. "Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj - Organisaatio". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
2. Ilkan lautturit. Journalisti-lehti 09/2010. https://m.journalistiliitto.fi/journalisti/lehti/2010/09/artikkelit/ilkan_lautturit/^{[permanent dead link]}
3. Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's Annual Report, 2015. http://www.ilkka-yhtyma.fi/web/yhtyma/corporate.nsf/www/reports