Östra Nyland

This article is about the newspaper. For the former region, see Eastern Uusimaa.

Östra Nyland
Owner(s)KSF Media
Founder(s)Viktor Magnus von Born
EditorCamilla Berggren
Founded1881
LanguageSwedish
Ceased publication2015
HeadquartersLoviisa, Finland
Websiteon.fi

Östra Nyland (meaning "Eastern Nyland" in English) was a Swedish-language newspaper published in Loviisa in Finland.

History and profile

The newspaper was founded in 1881,[1] and it was the world's easternmost Swedish-language newspaper. The paper was owned and published by KSF Media which also publishes Hufvudstadsbladet, Västra Nyland, Hangötidningen, Borgåbladet and Loviisan Sanomat.[2]

Östra Nyland was published three times a week[3][4] and its headquarters were in Loviisa.[1] The last editor of the paper was Camilla Berggren.

In 1995 Östra Nyland had a circulation of 4,377 copies.[3] The circulation of the paper was 3,533 copies in 2012.[4]

In January 2015, Östra Nyland and Borgåbladet were amalgamated into the new newspaper Östnyland.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Jyrkiäinen, Jyrki. "Finland: Media Landscape". European Journalism Centre. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ Lars Ørhøj (31 January 2014). "Record Readership for Digital Evening Paper". Visiolink. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Swedish in Finland". Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. 17 April 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Circulation statistics 2012" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ^ Östra Nyland (f.d. dagstidning) at Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish).


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