Type Regional newspaper Editor-in-chief Minna Ala-Heikkilä | ||
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Publisher Suomen Paikallissanomat Oy Founded 1894; 123 years ago (1894) | ||
Tyrvään Sanomat is a Finnish language newspaper published in Vammala, Finland. It is the oldest local newspaper in the country.
History and profile
Tyrvään Sanomat was established by a primary school teacher in a village in South-West Finland in 1894. The paper is based in Vammala and is distributed in the regions of in Sastamala and Kiikoinen. The owner is the Alma Media Group which also owns many other newspapers, including Aamulehti and Iltalehti. The publisher of Tyrvään Sanomat was Tyrvään Sanomat Oy until 16 April 2010 when Suomen Paikallissanomat Oy, a subsidiary of Alma Media Group, became the publisher.
Tyrvään Sanomat became the first European newspaper which employed the VDT-based editorial system in 1974. As of 1998 the paper was published three times per week. Then its frequency became twice-weekly. Minna Ala-Heikkilä is the editor-in-chief. She was appointed to the post in 2008.
In 2013 the Finnish Newspapers Association awarded Tyrvään Sanomat in the category of the Good News story.
The 1997 circulation of Tyrvään Sanomat was 8,700 copies. In 2011 the paper had a circulation of 9,063 copies. It was 8,539 copies in 2012 and 8,032 copies in 2013.