Lapin Kansa Explained

Lapin Kansa
Owners:Lapin Kansa Oy/Kaleva Oy
Publisher:Kaleva
Editor:Antti Kokkonen
Circulation:28,992 (2013)
Website:www.lapinkansa.fi

Lapin Kansa is a morning newspaper published in Lapland, Finland.

Media said in 2024, that it will be published 3 times a week (print edition), and 6 times a week for the digital edition.[1]

History and profile

Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.[2] [3] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi. The owner of the paper is Alma Media.[4] In June 2013 Kaleva publishing house began to publish the daily together with the group's other newspaper Pohjolan Sanomat.[4]

Heikki Tuomi-Nikula is among the former editors-in-chief of the paper. On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.[5] [6] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.[5] [7] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.

In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[8] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in North Sami language in addition to those in Finnish.[9]

In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://yle.fi/a/74-20090503. Retrieved 2024-06-12
  2. Web site: History. Alma Media. 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140610032310/http://www.almamedia.com/about-us/history/. 10 June 2014. dead.
  3. Book: Inka Salovaara-Moring. Media Geographies. 2004. Viestinnän julkaisuja. Helsinki. 952-10-1619-1. 15 December 2014.
  4. News: Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house. 20 November 2014. Global Newswire. 14 June 2013.
  5. News: Editor Fired - A New Newspaper Scandal. 20 November 2014. Galdu. 7 October 2008.
  6. News: Alma Media Corporation sacked gay editor-in-chief. 30 April 2015. Sepponet. 5 October 2008.
  7. News: No lesbian for "Lapin Kansa". 20 November 2014. Finland for Thought. 2 October 2008.
  8. News: Annual review 2011.Readers embrace smaller format newspapers. 20 November 2014. Alma Media. 2011.
  9. Book: Marja-Liisa Olthuis. Suvi Kivela. Revitalising Indigenous Languages: How to Recreate a Lost Generation. 25 January 2013. Multilingual Matters. 978-1-84769-890-2. 212.
  10. Web site: Circulation Statistics 2013. Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 12 February 2015. 23 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319214200/http://mediaauditfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Circulations2013.pdf. 19 March 2015. dead.

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