Karjalan Maa

Karjalan Maa

Type	Regional newspaper
Publisher	Maakunnan Kustannus Oy
Editor-in-chief	Pekka Puustinen
Founded	1917
Political alignment	Centrist
Language	Finnish
Ceased publication	28 April 2011
Headquarters	Joensuu
Country	Finland
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Karjalan Maa was a regional newspaper published in Joensuu, Finland, between 1918 and 28 April 2011. It was the organ and the last provincial paper of the Center Party.^[1]

History and profile

Karjalan Maa was established in March 1917.^[1] Its first issue was published in 1918 with title Korpi-Jaakko.^[1] The paper had its headquarters in Joensuu.^[2][3] In the mid-1950s the paper came out six times per week.^[3] It was published by Maakunnan Kustannus Oy^[4] three times a week until April 2010 when it began to be published once a week.^[5]

Karjalan Maa was one of the newspapers owned by the Center Party.^[2][3] The other one is Suomenmaa.^[2] The editor of Karjalan Maa was Viljo Laitinen in 1972, and he published an article which criticized the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen for not adequately taking into account the situation of the poor in regard to the reforms in pensions.^[6] After the publication of the article Kekkonen sent a displeased letter to the newspaper.^[6]

As of 1957 the circulation of Karjalan Maa was 10,113 copies.^[3] Pekka Puustinen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper which ceased publication on 28 April 2011.^[1][5]

References

1. "Karjalan Maa haudattiin haikein mielin". Yle (in Finnish). 28 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
2. Jyrki Jyrkiäinen. "Media Landscapes. Finland". Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
3. A. Gayle Waldrop (June 1957). "The Daily Newspaper Press in Finland". Journalism Quarterly. 34 (2): 232. doi:10.1177/107769905703400208. S2CID 145729491.
4. "Karjalan Maan tulevaisuus uhattuna". Yle (in Finnish). 28 October 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
5. "Karjalan Maa putoaa yksipäiväiseksi". Yle (in Finnish). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
6. Esko Salminen (1999). The Silenced Media The Propaganda War between Russia and the West in Northern Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 60. doi:10.1057/9780230389922. ISBN 978-0-230-38992-2.