''Satakunnan Kansa'' (abbreviated ''SK'', literally translated the "People of

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region is ...

") is a Finnish language regional newspaper published in

Pori ) , website www.pori.fi Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north-w ...

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History and profile

The newspaper was established under the name of ''Satakunta'' in 1873. In Finland it is the second oldest newspaper which is still in distribution. It was renamed as ''Satakunnan Kansa'' in 1917 when the papers ''Satakunta'' and ''Satakunnan Sanomat'' (1907-1917) were merged. ''Satakunnan Kansa'' is part of Alma Media. The headquarters of the paper is in

. Outside the Satakunta region it is distributed in

Kristinestad Kristinestad (, Sweden ; fi, Kristiinankaupunki ; la, Christinea) is a town and a municipality in Finland. It is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. The population of Kristinestad is () and the municipality ...

Ikaalinen Ikaalinen (; sv, Ikalis) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The munici ...

and

Laitila Laitila (; sv, Letala) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is from Laitila to Turku. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population de ...

. ''Satakunnan Kansa'' was published in broadsheet format until 17 January 2012 when it began to be published in

tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format. Etymology The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wel ...

. Petri Hakala served as the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the paper. Tomi Lähdeniemi has been the editor-in-chief since September 2014. The circulation of ''Satakunnan Kansa'' was 56,781 copies in 2001. The 2004 circulation of the paper was 55,904 copies. The same year the paper had a readership of 147,000. As of 2007 it had a circulation of 55,302 copies. In 2013 its circulation was 45,050 copies and its readership was 116,000.

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External links

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