Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Jakobstads Tidning Ab |
Editor | Henrik Othman |
Founded | 21 December 1898 |
Political alignment | Neutral |
Language | Swedish |
Ceased publication | 2008 |
Headquarters | Jakobstad |
Jakobstads Tidning (abbr. JT) was a Swedish language regional newspaper in Finland published between 1898 and 2008.
Jakobstads Tidning was first published on 21 December 1898[1][2] originally as a weekly newspaper. In 2000, JT became a daily newspaper, having previously been published six times a week.[3]
Its headquarters was located in Jakobstad with local offices located in Kokkola and Nykarleby. In 1996 the paper had a circulation of 11,972 copies.[3] As of 2005[update] JT's circulation was 12,130 copies, most of which were sold in Jakobstad and surrounding regions in northern Ostrobothnia.
In 2008 it merged with Österbottningen to form Österbottens Tidning.[1][4] At the time of the merge, Jakobstads Tidning was the third largest Swedish-language newspaper in Finland in terms of circulation, behind Hufvudstadsbladet and Vasabladet.