Suomi24 Explained

is a Finnish internet forum and entertainment news website., it was the largest internet forum in Finland.^[1]

History

The history of Suomi24 dates back to 1998, when the website was known as Sirkus.com.^[2] In 2000, Scandinavia Online Ab became the owner and the site was renamed Suomi24. In 2001, Eniro bought Scandinavia Online as part of the Eniro-group. Since 2008, Suomi24 Oy has been independent company owned by Aller Media Oy, part of Danish company Aller Media, and Eniro.^[3] Aller sold Suomi24 to in 2019.^[4]

A corpus collected from the forums was made available for research in the Finnish Language Bank in 2015. The corpus consists of messages reaching back to 2001.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Commenting on poverty online: A corpus-assisted discourse study of the Suomi24 forum. Lehti. Lotta. Luodonpää-Manni. Milla. Jantunen. Jarmo Harri. Kyröläinen. Aki-Juhani. Vesanto. Aleksi. Laippala. Veronika. SKY Journal of Linguistics. 37. 2020. 7–47. Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys.
2. Web site: Sirkus on nyt Suomi24.fi . 19 October 2000 . . . fi . 7 March 2024.
3. Web site: Yrityskaupan hyväksyminen . Finnish. Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto. 2 June 2008.
4. News: . Taloussanomat. Suomi24.fi vaihtaa omistajaa. Finnish. 17 December 2019.
5. Book: Lagus. Krista. Pantzar. Mika. Ruckenstein. Minna. Ylisiura. Marjoriikka. Suomi24: Muodonantoa aineistolle. Suomi24: Giving form to a corpus. 978-951-51-1066-4. Finnish. University of Helsinki. Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja. May 2016 . 10. 10138/163190 .