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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Keskisuomalainen Oyj |
| Editor | Pekka Mervola |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Language | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Circulation | 71,777 (daily) (2009) 73,176 (weekend) (2009) |
| ISSN | 0356-1402 |
| Official website | www.ksml.fi |
Keskisuomalainen is a daily Finnish newspaper published in Jyväskylä, serving central Finland (Keski-Suomi means Central Finland). It was founded in 1871, and is the oldest Finnish-language newspaper, with the fifth-highest circulation of daily Finnish papers.[1] As of January 2007, its daily circulation was 76,000.[1]
The original title of the paper was Keski-Suomi, which began publishing on January 7, 1871, and the current name was adopted in 1918.[2]
The paper's parent company, Keskisuomalainen Oyj, has a virtual monopoly in newspaper publishing in central Finland.[1]