Lapin Kansa

Lapin Kansa
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Lapin Kansa Oy/Alma Media
Publisher Kaleva
Editor Antti Kokkonen
Founded 1928 (1928)
Political alignment Neutral
Language Finnish
Headquarters Rovaniemi, Finland
Circulation 28,992 (2013)
Website www.lapinkansa.fi

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

History and profile

Lapin Kansa was established in 1928.[1][2] The newspaper is based in Rovaniemi.[3] The owner of the paper is Alma Media.[3][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.[3] On 1 October 2008 Johanna Korhonen was appointed the editor-in-chief.[3][5] However, she was fired immediately after her appointment due to the fact that she was a lesbian.[3][6] Antti Kokkonen replaced her in the post.

In January 2011 the daily changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid.[7] Since 2011 Lapin Kansa has published news and reports in North Sami language in addition to those in Finnish.[8]

In 2013 Lapin Kansa had a circulation of 28,992 copies.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "History". Alma Media. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies (PDF). Helsinki: Viestinnän julkaisuja. ISBN 952-10-1619-1. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Editor Fired - A New Newspaper Scandal". Galdu. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Alma Media's regional newspapers in Northern Finland to be printed at Kaleva printing house". Global Newswire. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alma Media Corporation sacked gay editor-in-chief". Sepponet. 5 October 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "No lesbian for “Lapin Kansa”". Finland for Thought. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Annual review 2011.Readers embrace smaller format newspapers". Alma Media. 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Marja-Liisa Olthuis; Suvi Kivela (25 January 2013). Revitalising Indigenous Languages: How to Recreate a Lost Generation. Multilingual Matters. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-84769-890-2.
  9. ↑ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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