Kaleva is a Finnish subscription newspaper published in Oulu, Finland.

Kaleva
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Kaleva Oy
EditorKyösti Karvonen
Founded1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Political alignmentNeutral
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersOulu, Finland
Circulation69,540 (2013)
ISSN0356-1356
Websitewww.kaleva.fi
Former head office of Kaleva, based in Karjasilta, Oulu
Printing house in Takalaanila

History and profile

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Kaleva was founded in 1899[1][2] by Juho Raappana. The owner of the paper is Kaleva Oy and its publisher is Kaleva publishing house.[3][4] The paper is based in Oulu[3] and is published in broadsheet format.[5]

Although Kaleva has a neutral stance and no political affiliation,[4] the paper supported the Progress Party until 1953.[1] Since 2015 Kyösti Karvonen has been serving as the editor-in-chief of Kaleva.[6]

In 2011 Kaleva published a report on the sexual abuse of children by the members of the Conservative Laestadianism, leading to public anger and the cancellation of subscription by nearly 200 readers.[7]

Circulation

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In 1993 Kaleva had a circulation of 95,118 copies.[8] Its circulation was 83,151 copies in 2001.[9] It had a circulation of 82,600 copies in 2003.[5] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 82,566 copies and it was the fourth best-selling paper in the country.[10] The same year the paper had a readership of 221,000.[10]

Kaleva had the fourth biggest circulation of seven-day newspapers in Finland with 82,000 copies in 2007.[1] The circulation of the daily was 81,716 copies in 2008 and 80,826 copies in 2009.[11] It fell to 78,216 copies in 2010 and to 74,787 copies in 2011.[11] The circulation of the paper was 72,107 copies in 2012.[7] The same year its website visited by 0.19 million people per week.[12] In 2013 Kaleva had a circulation of 69,540 copies and was the sixth largest Finnish newspaper by circulation.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kaleva". Euro Topics. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 1652. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Kaleva Printing House, Oulu, Finland" (PDF). Farrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Example of a regional newspaper. Kaleva". Oulun normaalikoulu. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Markku Mantila". Kyiv Security Forum. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  7. ^ a b Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  8. ^ Bernard A. Cook (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-8153-4057-7. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  9. ^ Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail (31 January 2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  10. ^ a b Olli Nurmi (11 October 2004). "Colour quality control – The Finnish example" (PDF). VTT. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ^ a b "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Kaleva Oy". G2Mi. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Top 20 daily paid-for newspapers in the Nordic countries 2013". Nordicom. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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