Maaseudun Tulevaisuus

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (MT; meaning the Rural Future in English) is a Finnish language newspaper published three times per week in Helsinki, Finland.[1][2]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus
TypeNewspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
PublisherViestilehdet Oy
Editor-in-chiefJouni Kemppainen
Managing editorsJussi Martikainen, Tiina Taipale
Founded1916 (1916)
Political alignmentIndependent
LanguageFinnish
HeadquartersHelsinki
Circulation80,754 (2013)
WebsiteOfficial website

History and profile

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was first published in 1916.[3][4][5] The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners is the owner of the paper.[1][3][6] Its publisher is Viestilehdet Oy,[7] which is owned by the Union.[1][8] The paper has a correspondent in Brussels since 1995 when Finland became a member of the European Union.[1]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus has no political affiliation.[1] The editor-in-chief is Jouni Kemppainen.[1][5] The paper focuses on news concerning agriculture and forestry management, rural businesses and country life.[3][9] It has its headquarters in Helsinki[10] and is published three times in a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.[3][11]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus is published in broadsheet format[9][12] and consists of 22 pages.[1] The paper has a special issue, Metsänomistaja, which is published four days per year.[11]

Circulation

In 1993 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fifth largest newspaper in Finland with a circulation of 110,951 copies.[10] It was the sixth most read newspaper in the country in 2001 with a circulation of 89,197 copies.[13] The circulation of Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was 84,000 copies in 2003, making it the sixth best selling newspaper in the country.[12] In 2005 the paper had a circulation of 84,200 copies.[14] The 2004 circulation of the paper was 82,000 copies.[15]

Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fifth most read newspaper in the country in 2007.[16] The number of its subscribers was 84,254 in 2008[1] and its circulation was 84,254 copies the same year.[17] As of 2009 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the third most read paper in the country with a readership of 309,000.[3] The same year the paper had a circulation of 83,044 copies.[17] It was 83,158 copies in 2010.[17]

In 2011 Maaseudun Tulevaisuus was the fourth largest paper in the country in terms of readership[18] and had a circulation of 83,259 copies.[17][19] In 2012 its circulation fell to 81,774 copies.[7][11] The circulation of the paper was 80,754 copies in 2013.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Briefly in English". Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. Jyrki Jyrkiäinen (2009). "Newspaper Chains in Finland 1993–2010". Journal of Media Business Studies. 9 (2): 7–25. doi:10.1080/16522354.2012.11073541.
  3. "Maaseudun Tulevaisuus". Euro Topics. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 1652. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  5. "Maaseudun Tulevaisuus and Kantri". Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  6. Michael Böcher (2008). Environmental and Forest Governance: The Role of Discourses and Expertise; Proceedings of the International Conference, Göttingen 2007. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-940344-74-8. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  7. Sampsa Saikkonen; Paula Häkämies (5 January 2014). "Mapping Digital Media:Finland" (Report). Open Society Foundations. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  8. Tapio Rantala (2011). "Democratic legitimacy of the forest sector and nature conservation decisionmaking in Finnish print media discussion" (PDF). Silva Fennica. 45 (1). Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  9. Jari Lyytimäk (2011). "Mainstreaming climate policy: the role of media coverage in Finland". Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change. 16 (6): 649–661. doi:10.1007/s11027-011-9286-x.
  10. Bernard A. Cook (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-8153-4057-7. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  11. "Media card 2014" (PDF). Maaseudun Tulevaisuus. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  12. "World Press Trends" (PDF). World Association of Newspapers. Paris. 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. Mary Kelly; Gianpietro Mazzoleni; Denis McQuail, eds. (31 January 2004). The Media in Europe: The Euromedia Handbook. SAGE Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7619-4132-3. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  14. "Maaseudun Tulevaisuus". Studio Kröger. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  15. "Media pluralism in the Member States of the European Union" (PDF). Commission of the European Communities. Brussels. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  16. "Still strong readership figures for Finnish newspapers" (PDF). Nordic Media Policy (1). March 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  17. "National newspapers total circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  18. Sanna Koskinen; et al. (2014). "Media portrayal of older people as illustrated in Finnish newspapers". International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 9. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  19. "Circulation Statistics 2011" (PDF). Media Audit Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  20. "Circulation Statistics 2013" (PDF). Levikintarkastus Oy - Finnish Audit Bureau of Circulations. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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