''Kainuun Sanomat'' is a

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morning newspaper published in

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, also in some parts in the eastern part of former

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History and profile

''Kainuun Sanomat'' was established in 1917. The paper was originally distributed about three times per week until 1945 when it changed to six days a week. The owner of the paper has been Alma Media since the period of 1998-1999. It is one of the local newspapers which founded Lännen Media, a news network, in October 2014. The paper was published in broadsheet format until 2011 when it changed it to

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. ''Kainuun Sanomat'' was the organ of the Centre Party until 1994 when it became an independent paper. Reijo Korhonen served as the

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of the paper between 1989 and 1994. ''Kainuun Sanomat'' had a circulation of 22,152 copies in 2008. Its 2009 circulation was 22,000 copies. The circulation of the paper was 17,056 copies in 2013.

Editors in-chief

The following is a list of the Editors in-chief of ''Kainuun Sanomat'' *

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(1918-1954) * Otso Kukkonen (1955-1989) * Keijo Korhonen (1989-1994) * Matti Piirainen (1995-2013) * Markus Pirttijoki (2013-2019) * Sanna Keskinen (2019-2020)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kainuun Sanomat 1917 establishments in Finland Daily newspapers published in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Mass media in Kajaani Publications established in 1917