Keskisuomalainen

Keskisuomalainen is a daily Finnish language newspaper published in Jyväskylä, serving central Finland (Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). Its parent company Keskisuomalainen Oyj owns nearly 80 newspapers.^[1]

Keskisuomalainen

Front page for 11 December 2008
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Keskisuomalainen Oyj
Publisher	Keskisuomalainen Oyj
Editor	Pekka Mervola
Founded	1871; 154 years ago (1871)
Political alignment	Centrist
Language	Finnish
Headquarters	Jyväskylä, Finland
Circulation	27,000 (2024)
Sister newspapers	Savon Sanomat
ISSN	0356-1402
Website	www.ksml.fi

History and profile

Keskisuomalainen was first published on 7 January 1871 with the title Keski-Suomi, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper still in circulation.^[2][3] The current name was adopted in 1918.^[2] The paper has its headquarters in Jyväskylä.^[4] Keskisuomalainen is published in broadsheet format.^[5] The paper was the organ of the Centre Party until 1986 when it declared itself as "a newspaper in the centre".^[4]

The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj,^[3] has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.^[6] After April 2019 Keskisuomalainen owns nearly 80 different newspapers.^[1]

Acquisitions:

• 2001 Savon Mediat Oy; majority of shares in 2001, and rest in 2006
  • Savon Sanomat and some local papers
• 2013 Suomen Lehtiyhtymä
  • Aamuposti, Keski-Uusimaa, Helsingin Uutiset, Länsiväylä and Vantaan Sanomat
• 2016 Mediatalo ESA
  • Etelä-Suomen Sanomat ja Radio Voima.
• April 2019 Kaakon Viestintä and ESV-Paikallismediat Oy and printing house in Kouvola from Länsi-Savo -conglomerate.
  • Itä-Savo, Etelä-Saimaa, Kouvolan Sanomat, Kymen Sanomat ja Länsi-Savo and Uutisvuoksi.
  • 9 weekly newspapers: Juvan Lehti, Kaakonkulma, Kangasniemen Kunnallislehti, Keskilaakso, Luumäen Lehti, Länsi-Saimaan Sanomat, Paikallislehti Joutseno, Pitäjänuutiset and Puruvesi-lehti.

Circulation

The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 77,135 copies in 2001.^[7][8] In 2003 the paper had a circulation of 76,000 copies.^[5] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 76,816 copies and it was the fifth best-selling paper in the country.^[9] The same year the paper had a readership of 188,000.^[9] The paper had a circulation of 74,840 copies in 2006.^[10]

In January 2007 its circulation was 76,000 copies, making it the fifth highest circulation of daily Finnish papers, while the average number of readers climbed up to 130,000.^[6] The circulation of the paper was 74,945 copies in 2007.^[11] The paper had a circulation of 73,559 copies in 2008 and 71,777 copies in 2009.^[12] Its circulation was 68,880 copies in 2009 and 68,101 copies in 2010.^[12] It fell to 65,327 copies in 2012.^[13] The circulation of Keskisuomalainen was 61,163 copies in 2013.^[14]