Uusi Suomi

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Uusi Suomi
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
EditorJarmo Virmavirta (1990–1991)
Founded1919 (1847 as Suometar)
Political alignmentConservative
Ceased publication29 November 1991
HeadquartersHelsinki
ISSN0355-5461

Uusi Suomi (lit. 'The New Finland') was a Finnish daily newspaper that was published from 1919 to 1991. The headquarters was in Helsinki, Finland.[1]

History and profile

Uusi Suomi was established in 1919 as a continuation of two earlier newspapers, Suometar (1847–1866) and Uusi Suometar (1869–1919).[2] Suometar had been primarily concerned with pursuing issues relating to the Finnish population; its successor Uusi Suometar had represented closely related Fennoman views.

Two of its contributors, Linda Pylkkänen and Risto Sihtola, visited Italy in the late 1930s as a guest of the Fascist government, and the paper was asked by the Italians to publish articles in favor of the Fascist rule.[3] During the Cold War period Uusi Suomi was among the Finnish newspapers which were accused by the Soviet Union of being the instrument of US propaganda, and the Soviet embassy in Helsinki frequently protested the editors of the paper.[4]

From its foundation in 1919 to 1976 Uusi Suomi was the official newspaper of the conservative Finnish National Coalition Party.[2][5] It became editorially independent in 1976, keeping a conservative outlook.

In 1958 Uusi Suomi purchased the financial newspaper Kauppalehti.[2]

Towards the end of the 1980s Uusi Suomi was acquired by the newspaper Aamulehti.[2] However, the former was struggling with financial difficulties, ultimately leading to its demise.[2]

Uusi Suomi was published in broadsheet format.[2] The paper was owned by the Alma Media[6] which acquired it in 1991.[7]

The last issue of Uusi Suomi was published on 29 November 1991.[8] The Finnish tabloid Iltalehti, which can be considered Uusi Suomi's spiritual successor, began publication in 1980 as the afternoon edition of Uusi Suomi.

On 25 May 2007 it was announced that the Finnish company Nikotiimi had purchased the rights to the title Uusi Suomi from Alma Media. It started an online newspaper bearing that title in the fall of 2007.[9] In 2010, it was the twenty-seventh most visited website in Finland, being visited by 204,722 people per week.[10]

Editors-in-chief

References

  1. ^ Heikki Hellman; Maarit Jaakkola; Raimo Salokangas (2017). "From Culture Wars to Combat Games". In Nete Nørgaard Kristensen; Kristina Riegert (eds.). Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries. Stockholm: Nordicom. p. 51. ISBN 978-91-87957-58-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Antti Ainamo (May 2006). "Between West and East: A Social History of Business Journalism in Cold War Finland". Human Relations. 59 (5): 611–636. doi:10.1177/0018726706066550. hdl:10227/397.
  3. ^ Fabio Ferrarini (2020). "'Mediterraneo baltico': Italian Fascist propaganda in Finland (1933–9)". Modern Italy. 25 (4): 398. doi:10.1017/mit.2020.51.
  4. ^ Esko Salminen (1998). "The Struggle Over Freedom of Speech in the North The Finnish Press Gave Obeisance to Moscow, but did not Succumb to the Kremlin's Propaganda Programme during the Cold War Years 1968-1991". Scandinavian Journal of History. 23 (3–4): 244. doi:10.1080/03468759850115972.
  5. ^ Raimo Salokangas. "From Political to National, Regional and Local" (PDF). Cirebon. Archived from the original (Book chapter) on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  6. ^ Vilma Laoma; et al. (2011). "Corporate Reputation and the News Media in Finland". In Craig Carroll (ed.). Corporate Reputation and the News Media: Agenda-setting Within Business News Coverage in Developed, Emerging, and Frontier Markets (PDF). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-25244-1.
  7. ^ Peter Kjær; Tore Slaatta (2007). Mediating Business: The Expansion of Business Journalism. Copenhagen Business School Press DK. p. 57. ISBN 978-87-630-0199-1.
  8. ^ Jens Cavallin (1993). Media Concentration and Media Ownership in the Nordic Countries. Nordic Council of Ministers. p. 2. ISBN 978-92-9120-205-8.
  9. ^ Yleisradio: Uusi Suomi herää henkiin internetissä 25 May 2007; Markkinointi ja mainonta 25 May 2007, Helsingin Sanomat 26 Nay 2007 and Ilta-Sanomat 25 May 2007
  10. ^ Kari Karppinen; Hannu Nieminen; Anna-Laura Markkanen (2014). "High Professional Ethos in a Small, Concentrated Media Market" (PDF). Blogipalvelut. Retrieved 29 December 2014.