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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Alma Media |
Editor | Markus Pirttijoki |
Founded | 1917 |
Political alignment | Neutral |
Language | Finnish |
Headquarters | Kajaani, Finland |
Circulation | 17,056 (2013) |
Website | www.kainuunsanomat.fi |
Kainuun Sanomat is a Finnish morning newspaper published in Kainuu, also in some parts in the eastern part of former Oulu (province).
Kainuun Sanomat was established in 1917.[1] 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 the period of 1998-1999.[2][3] It is one of the local newspapers which founded Lännen Media, a news network, in October 2014.[4]
The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2011 when it changed it to tabloid format.[5]
Kainuun Sanomat was the organ of the Centre Party until 1994 when it became an independent paper.[2][6] Reijo Korhonen served as the editor-in-chief of the paper between 1989 and 1994.[2]
Kainuun Sanomat had a circulation of 22,152 copies in 2008. Its 2009 circulation was 22,000 copies.[2] The circulation of the paper was 17,056 copies in 2013.[7]
The following is a list of the Editors in-chief of Kainuun Sanomat