''Itä-Häme'' is a morning tabloid newspaper published in

Heinola Heinola () is a town and a municipality of inhabitants () located in the eastern part of the Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland, near the borders of the South Savonia region and the Kymenlaakso region. It is the third largest municipality in ...

in the

Itä-Häme Itä-Häme () is the eastern part of the historical province Tavastia in Finland. It is in Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Savonia and Central Finland. Leivonmäki National Park is in Itä-Häme. Itä-Häme is also known by manufacturing of s ...

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History and profile

''Itä-Häme'' was established 1927 in Sysmä. The newspaper is headquartered in

Lahti Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...

. It is part of the ESS company. Its chief editor is Jari Niemi. The paper is published six times per week. Its format was

broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...

until 2005 when the paper began to be published in tabloid format. It is the first Finnish newspaper which institutionalized the post of civic reporter in 2004. The circulation of ''Itä-Häme'' was 13,900 copies. Facta 2001 part 7, page 1, ''finnish'' It was 12,000 copies in 2006. The paper had a circulation of 10,719 copies in 2010 and 10,427 copies in 2011.

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External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ita-Hame 1927 establishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Publications established in 1927