Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj is a

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobo ...

n publishing house operating in

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

and

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It publishes two of the major regional newspapers ''

Pohjalainen ''Pohjalainen'' was a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Vaasa, Finland. The paper was in circulation from 1903 to 2020. History and profile ''Pohjalainen'' was established in 1903. It was based in Vaasa and part of the Ilkka-Yhtymä, whi ...

'' and '' Ilkka'' and seven local/town newspapers. The parent company Ilkka-Yhtymä ("Ilkka Group") owns the subsidiaries I-Mediat Oy, which publishes the newspapers, I-print Oy, which is their printing house and a property management company for their facilities. Additionally, Ilkka-Yhtymä owns substantial stock in

Alma Media Alma Media Oyj is a Finnish media and digital service business company. Its best known products are '' Iltalehti'', '' Kauppalehti'', '' Talouselämä'', Ampparit, and . In addition to news services, the company's products provide informatio ...

, Arena Partners, Väli-Suomen Media and Yrittävä Suupohja. Ilkka-Yhtymä also cooperates with other regional newspapers in producing national political news and features.Ilkan lautturit. Journalisti-lehti 09/2010. https://m.journalistiliitto.fi/journalisti/lehti/2010/09/artikkelit/ilkan_lautturit/ Its shares are listed on the

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; among Finnish companies, it is considered a medium-sized company. The 2015 revenue was €41.2 million and the operating profit 9.0%, with 4.8% ROI. The Group had 299 personnel.Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj's Annual Report, 2015. http://www.ilkka-yhtyma.fi/web/yhtyma/corporate.nsf/www/reports Previously, the two newspapers Pohjalainen and Ilkka were fierce competitors. However, in 1992, then-owner

Aamulehti ''Aamulehti'' ( Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. Established in 1881 by Finnish patriots in Tampere, the newspaper aimed to bolster the Finnish language and people's identity d ...

sold Pohjalainen to Ilkka. In 2009, Vaasa Oy, the publisher of Pohjalainen, was renamed I-Mediat Oy and Ilkka and other subsidiary newspapers were merged into it. There were 94 journalists and photographers working for the newspapers at the time of the merger.

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