Suomen Kuvalehti

Suomen Kuvalehti
Editor Ville Pernaa
Categories News magazine
Family magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 79,275 (2013)
Year founded 1873
Company Otava
Country Finland
Based in Helsinki
Language Finnish
Website www.suomenkuvalehti.fi
ISSN 0039-5552

Suomen Kuvalehti (Finnish: Finland's picture magazine, or The Finnish picture magazine)[1] is a weekly Finnish language family and news magazine published in Helsinki, Finland.

History and profile

Suomen Kuvalehti was founded in 1873[1] and was published until the year 1880. The magazine was started again in 1917,[2] and continues to this day. It was merged with Kansan Kuvalehti in 1934. The editor in 1935 was L.M. Viherjuuri.

The headquarters of Suomen Kuvalehti is in Helsinki.[2] The magazine is published by Otava every Friday.[3][4] Its editor is Ville Pernaa.

Suomen Kuvalehti has a conservative[5] and liberal stance[2] without any political affiliation.[1] However, the magazine originally supported center-right politics in the country.[1] The weekly aims to write in-depth articles about current topics and to provide opinion-shaping editorials.[2] The magazine focuses on news about national and international politics and culture.[1] It is one of the investigative journalism outlets in the country.[6]

Diary excerpts of Finnish novelist Antti Tuuri about his visit to Germany between 1992 and 1995 were published in Suomen Kuvalehti.[7] The comic strip Blondie regularly appears in the magazine. In the Jyviä ja akanoita ("wheat and chaff") column, various humorous misprints and grammatical goofs from other magazines and newspapers are printed.

Circulation

The circulation of Suomen Kuvalehti was 102,000 copies in 2007 [8] and 96,000 copies in 2009.[2] In 2010 its circulation fell to 88,667 copies.[9] The 2011 circulation of the weekly grew to 91,277 copies.[9][10] But, it fell to 86,786 copies in 2012[9] and to 79,275 copies in 2013.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Miika Tervonen (December 2013). "Re-conceptualizing the Finnish Eastern Border: a pilot study on discourses in Suomen Kuvalehti, 1990-2010" (WORKING PAPER). EU Border Scapes. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Suomen Kuvalehti". Euro Topics. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "About Otavamedia". Otavamedia. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Georgios Terzis, ed. (2007). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Intellect Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-84150-192-5. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Erkki Kauhanen; Elina Noppari (2007). "Innovation, Journalism and Future" (PDF). Technology review (200). Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (REPORT). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Tuomas Forsberg (2000). "A friend in need or a friend indeed?" (PDF). UPI Working Papers (24). Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). ZenithOptimedia. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Top 50 Magazines". IFABC. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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