Ilta-Sanomat

History and profile

The paper was established in 1932 as the afternoon edition of Helsingin Sanomat. In 1949 it became a separate newspaper and was named Ilta-Sanomat.

Its sister paper is Helsingin Sanomat and both papers are part of Sanoma. The paper has an independent political stance.

Circulation

The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 212,854 copies in 1993, making it the second largest newspaper in Finland after its sister paper Helsingin Sanomat. In the period of 1995-1996 the paper had a circulation of 213,600 copies.

Ilta-Sanomat had a circulation of 215,000 copies in 2000. Its circulation was 218,829 copies in 2001, making it the second most read paper in the country. In 2002 it had a circulation of 214,610 copies on weekdays and 243,443 copies in weekends. Next year the circulation of the paper was down to 201,000 copies.

The circulation continued to fall, to 195,673 copies in 2005, and 176,531 copies in 2007. The circulation of Ilta-Sanomat was 161,615 copies in 2008 and 152,948 copies in 2009. It was 150,351 copies in 2010 and 143,321 copies in 2011.

In 2010 the online version of Ilta-Sanomat was the second most visited website in Finland in 2010 and was visited by 1,823,956 people per week.

Editors-in-chief

• Johanna Lahti 2019–
• Reijo Ruokanen ?–2010
• Tapio Sadeoja 2007–2019
• Hannu Savola 2006–2007
• Antti-Pekka Pietilä 2003–2006
• Vesa-Pekka Koljonen 1984–2003
• Martti Huhtamäki 1974–1983
• Olavi Aarrejärvi 1966–1973
• Heikki Tikkanen 1961–1966
• Teo Mertanen 1956–1961
• Eero Petäjäniemi 1949–1956
• Yrjö Niiniluoto 1938–1949 (also the editor-in-chief Helsingin Sanomat)
• Eljas Erkko 1932–1938 (also the editor-in-chief Helsingin Sanomat)

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