Karjalainen (newspaper)

Karjalainen
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Pohjois-Karjalan Kirjapaino Group
Founder(s)Henrik Piipponen
Founded1874; 151 years ago (1874)
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersJoensuu
CountryFinland
WebsiteKarjalainen

Karjalainen is a daily newspaper published in North Karelia, Finland. Being founded in 1874 it is the third oldest newspaper in the country.[1]

History and profile

The newspaper was first published in 1874 under the name Karjalatar.[1][2] The founder was a teacher, Henrik Piipponen.[3] In 1917, the paper switched its name to Karjalainen.[3] In the mid-1950s it was published six times per week.[4]

As of 2014 Karjalainen was part of the Pohjois-Karjalan Kirjapaino Group.[1] The paper was previously part of the Väli-Suomen Media group which also owned another newspaper, Ilkka.[5] Its headquarters is in Joensuu,[3][6] and the paper is distributed in North Karelia, a region in eastern Finland.[2][7] The circulation area of the paper is under the influence of the Eastern Orthodox Church.[5]

Karjalainen had close links with the National Coalition party until 1995.[2] The paper has been an independent publication since then.[2] It is a partner of a newspaper association named Väli Suomen Media Oy.[2] As of 2014 Pasi Koivumaa was the editor-in-chief of the daily.[7]

Karjalainen was the first Finnish newspaper to publish the comic strip Phantom, which was published on 1 October 1940 with the title Fantom.[8]

Karjalainen had a circulation of 30,687 copies in 1957.[4] It sold 46,000 copies in 2010.[2] The 2011 circulation of the paper was 44,728 copies.[9] The paper had a circulation of 41,410 copies in 2013.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Karjalainen, Keskisuomalainen, Savon Sanomat and Etelä-Suomen Sanomat choose Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Karjalainen". Euro Topics. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Inka Salovaara-Moring (2004). Media Geographies. Regional newspaper discourses in Finland in the 1990s (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/23455. ISBN 952-10-1619-1.
  4. ^ a b A. Gayle Waldrop (June 1957). "The Daily Newspaper Press in Finland". Journalism Quarterly. 34 (2): 231. doi:10.1177/107769905703400208. S2CID 145729491.
  5. ^ a b Johanna Sumiala; et al. (2017). "Politics of Space in News Media: Mapping Religion in Four Finnish Newspapers (2007–2011)". Journal of Religion in Europe. 10 (4): 419. doi:10.1163/18748929-01004007.
  6. ^ Europa World Year. Vol. 1 (45th ed.). London; New York: Europa Publications. 2004. p. 1652. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
  7. ^ a b "Itella takes over newspaper distribution business in Eastern Finland". Post and Parcel. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Nordic newspapers put the spotlight on The Phantom". Chronicle Chamber. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.