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Kainuun Sanomat

Newspaper published in Kainuu, Finland

Newspaper published in Kainuu, Finland

FieldValue
nameKainuun Sanomat
imageKainuun Sanomat.svg
typeDaily newspaper
formatTabloid
founded
ownersAlma Media
languageFinnish
political_positionNeutral
headquartersKajaani, Finland
editorMarkus Pirttijoki
circulation17,056 (2013)
website[www.kainuunsanomat.fi](https://www.kainuunsanomat.fi/)

Kainuun Sanomat is a Finnish morning newspaper published in Kainuu, as well as in some parts of the eastern former Oulu (province).

History and profile

Kainuun Sanomat was established in 1917. The paper was originally distributed about three times per week until 1945 when it changed to six days a week. The owner of the paper has been Alma Media since 1998–1999. It is one of the local newspapers which founded Lännen Media, a news network, in October 2014.

The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2011 when it changed it to tabloid format.

Kainuun Sanomat was the organ of the Centre Party until 1994 when it became an independent paper. Reijo Korhonen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper between 1989 and 1994.

Kainuun Sanomat had a circulation of 22,152 copies in 2008. Its 2009 circulation was 22,000 copies.

Editors in-chief

The following is a list of the Editors in-chief of Kainuun Sanomat

  • Jussi Kukkonen (1918–1954)
  • Otso Kukkonen (1955–1989)
  • Keijo Korhonen (1989–1994)
  • Matti Piirainen (1995–2013)
  • Markus Pirttijoki (2013–2019)
  • Sanna Keskinen (2019–2020)

References

References

  1. "History". Alma Media.
  2. (July 2025). "Kainuun Sanomat". Euro Topics.
  3. (7 March 2014). "The distribution of Alma Media's Kainuu newspapers transferred to a new company". Alma Media.
  4. Trude Pettersen. (28 October 2014). "Finnish newspapers join forces". Barents Observer.
  5. (2011). "Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media.
  6. Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local". Cirebon.
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