Keskisuomalainen is a daily Finnish language newspaper published in Jyväskylä, serving centralFinland (Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). Its parent company Keskisuomalainen Oyj owns nearly 80 newspapers.[1]
History and profile
Keskisuomalainen was first published on 7 January 1871 with the title Keski-Suomi, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper still in circulation.[2][3] The current name was adopted in 1918.[2] The paper has its headquarters in Jyväskylä.[4]Keskisuomalainen is published in broadsheet format.[5] The paper was the organ of the Centre Party until 1986 when it declared itself as "a newspaper in the centre".[4]
The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj,[3] has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.[6] After April 2019 Keskisuomalainen owns nearly 80 different newspapers.[1]
Acquisitions:
2001 Savon Mediat Oy; majority of shares in 2001, and rest in 2006
The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 77,135 copies in 2001.[7][8] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 76,000 copies.[5] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 76,816 copies and it was the fifth best-selling paper in the country.[9] The same year the paper had a readership of 188,000.[9] The paper had a circulation of 74,840 copies in 2006.[10]
In January 2007 its circulation was 76,000 copies, making it the fifth highest circulation of daily Finnish papers, while the average number of readers climbed up to 130,000.[6] The circulation of the paper was 74,945 copies in 2007.[11] The paper had a circulation of 73,559 copies in 2008 and 71,777 copies in 2009.[12] Its circulation was 68,880 copies in 2009 and 68,101 copies in 2010.[12] It fell to 65,327 copies in 2012.[13] The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 61,163 copies in 2013.[14]
