Kauppalehti

Kauppalehti

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Type Newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Alma Media
Publisher Kustannus Oy Kauppalehti
Editor Hannu Leinonen (Editor in Charge) and Arno Ahosniemi
Founded 1898 (1898)
Political alignment independent right
Headquarters Helsinki
Circulation 63,471 (2012)
Sister newspapers Aamulehti
Iltalehti
ISSN 0451-5560
Website www.kauppalehti.fi

Kauppalehti (English: "Trade Newspaper") is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland.

History and profile

Kauppalehti was established by the Finnish Businessmen's Association in 1898.[1][2] Since 1919 the paper is published five or six times per week.[1][3]

Kauppalehti is owned by the Business Information Group of Alma Media[4] and is based in Helsinki.[5] The sister papers of Kauppalehti are Iltalehti and Aamulehti.[5] The publisher of Kauppalehti is the Kustannus Oy Kauppalehti.[6] The paper is published in tabloid format.[6]

In 2002 Kauppalehti began to offer a supplement, Saldo, together with the magazine Tekniikka ja Talous.[7] The paper published a Saturday supplement, Presso from October 2004 to December 2007.[8][9]

Kauppalehti is the first Finnish newspaper which launched paywall in its online edition in 2012.[10]

Circulation

Kauppalehti had a circulation of 85,292 copies in 2001.[3][11] Next year it was 84,626 copies.[2] The 2003 circulation of the paper was 83,100 copies.[6] In 2004 the paper had a circulation of 82,000 copies.[12]

The circulation of Kauppalehti was 81,377 copies in 2006.[13] The paper had a circulation of 81,363 copies in 2007.[14] Its circulation in the years of 2008 and 2009 was 86,654 copies and 78,731 copies, respectively.[5] It had a circulation of 70,118 copies in 2010[5] and 68,252 copies in 2011.[15][16] Its circulation fell to 63,471 copies in 2012.[10]

The website of Kauppalehti, which was launched in 1996,[5] acts as an important hub for the business community. The website contains both Finnish and English articles.[17] In 2010 it was the eleventh most visited website in Finland in 2010 and was visited by 655,093 people per week.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Peter Kjær; Tore Slaatta (2007). Mediating Business: The Expansion of Business Journalism. Copenhagen Business School Press DK. p. 80. ISBN 978-87-630-0199-1. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. 1 2 The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 10 July 2003. p. 1613. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (31 January 2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Turo Uskali (25 April 2005). "Paying Attention to Weak Signals – The Key Concept for Innovation Journalism" (PDF). Innovation Journalism. 2 (4): 33–51. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Katja Lehtisaari et. al. (2012). "Media Convergence and Business Models: Responses of Finnish Daily Newspapers" (Research Report). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "History". Alma Media. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Peter Kjær; Tore Slaatta (2007). Mediating Business: The Expansion of Business Journalism. Copenhagen Business School Press DK. p. 62. ISBN 978-87-630-0199-1. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Kauppalehti to focus on nationwide business journalism". Alma Media. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  10. 1 2 Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Martin V. Bauer et. al. "The BSE and CJD crisis in the press" (Book chapter). BVSDE. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Top ten daily newspapers by circulation 2006". Nordicom. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "The Nordic Media Market" (PDF). Nordicom. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  17. ↑ Oksana Newman (1 January 2007). Online Business Sourcebook. Walter de Gruyter. p. 147. ISBN 978-3-598-44038-0. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  18. ↑ Kari Karppinen; Hannu Nieminen; Anna-Laura Markkanen (2014). "High Professional Ethos in a Small, Concentrated Media Market" (PDF). Blogipalvelut. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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