Iltalehti

History and profile

Iltalehti was established in 1980 as the afternoon edition of the newspaper Uusi Suomi. The Helsinki-based Alma Media is the owner of Iltalehti. Its sister newspapers are Aamulehti and Kauppalehti. six times per week.

Petri Hakala served as the editor-in-chief of Iltalehti. His term ended in December 2013 when Petri Hakala was reappointed to the post.

Circulation

The circulation of Iltalehti was 105,059 copies in 1993. The 2001 circulation of the paper was 134,777 copies, making it the fourth most read newspaper in Finland. In 2002, Iltalehti had a circulation of 132,836 copies on weekdays. The circulation was 130,000 copies in 2004, 130,290 copies in 2005, and 133,007 copies in 2006.

Its circulation was 131,150 copies in 2007. Among tabloid newspapers, the paper had a market share of 40% and its biggest (and only) rival Ilta-Sanomat had a market share of 60% in 2008. Its circulation was 122,548 copies in 2008 and it had dropped to 112,778 copies by 2009. It had a circulation of 107,052 copies in 2010

In 2010, the online version of Iltalehti was the most visited website in Finland and was visited by 1,937,156 people per week.

In May 2015, it was the sixth most popular website in the country according to Alexa.

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