City24 to Russia, Mascus to Denmark and Czech Republic.

Alma Media's Helsinki desk starts.

Alma Media divests the business of Kainuun Sanomat sheet printing house.

Alma Media expands its business to Croatia.

Alma Media gains new marketplaces in Kiev and Tallinn.

Alma Media to raise holding in direct marketing company TietoEnator 121 Oy to 100%.

Alma Media Lehdentekijät acquires Finnish Business Communications Ltd.

Alma Media acquires online home-buying and business premise marketplaces in Sweden.

Alma Media sets up joint newspaper editorial desk in Helsinki.

Kauppalehti streamlines its operations.

City24, Estonia's largest online property marketplace, transferred to Alma Media.

City24, Estonia's largest online property marketplace, transferred to Alma Media.

Proventus Industrier acquires 15.2 % of Alma Media.

Alma Media's Board of Directors proposes alternative to Schibsted offer: Broadcasting division to be sold to Bonnier and Proventus for MEUR 460 and a new company, Almanova, to make public purchase offer to all shareholders except Bonnier and Proventus.

Extraordinary general meeting approves Board's proposals.

Schibsted offer taken up by only a few small shareholders.

Almanova announces public exchange and purchase offer, and merger and listing plan.

Almanova's exchange and purchase offer starts.

Kai Telanne begins as new President and CEO of Alma Media.

Approx. 13 % of Alma Media shares accept Almanova offer.

Broadcasting division transferred to Nordic Broadcasting, a company established by Bonnier and Proventus.

Division structure dismantled.

City24 opens marketplace in Latvia.

New line organization announced.

Kauppalehti acquires ePortti business and establishes direct marketing joint venture with TietoEnator.

The Finnish Financial Supervision Authority decides to re-examine the treatment of Almanova's purchase of the Alma Media shares in Almanova's upcoming IFRS financial statements. Almanova postpones merger from planned date of 3 October 2005.

Interactive media technology production sold.

City24 expands into Lithuania.

Merger of Almanova and Alma Media completed and the new Alma Media shares are admitted for trading on the Main List of the Helsinki Exchanges.

Kauppalehti launches a weekly newspaper Kauppalehti Presso whose first issue comes on 30 October.

In November Aamulehti establishes a book publishing unit.

On 22 December Schibsted ASA announces its intention to make a public offer to acquire Alma Media.

On 1 January, the organization is regrouped into four divisions: Alpress, Broadcasting, Business Information Group and Media Services. On 1 July, Alma Media and Edita magazine printing plants are merged to a company called Acta Print.

Juho Lipsanen takes up the position of President and CEO on 1 March.

The television operating licence fee is halved from 1 July.

Kauppalehti and Talentum's Tekniikka & Talous start publishing the Saldo supplement in Kauppalehti and Tekniikka & Talous in August, making Saldo the biggest medium dealing with personal finances. Alpress forms a new business unit "Northern Newspapers" in August.

Alma Media acquires 32.8 % of Talentum Oyj. The cable channel TVTV! and the digital CityTV channel are merged to form Subtv. Digital broadcasting started on 27 August. President and CEO Matti Packalén announces in November that he will resign from this position during spring 2002.

A new division, Business Information Group, is formed around the Kauppalehti portfolio of products. Radio Nova becomes a subsidiary after Alma Media raises its holding to 61 %. Alprint Rahola, the largest heatset rotation printing works in the Nordic countries, begins operations.

Kainuun Sanomain Kirjapaino Oy becomes a subsidiary in February. The Finnish government grants three digital operating licences to MTV Oy. Alma Media merges its new media operations into a new business area, New Media. All Alprint's operations are merged with Alprint Oy and the company is restructured around four product lines based on specific customer groups. MTV Oy decides to start up a new cable television channel, TVTV!.

Alma Media Corporation officially begins operating on 1 April 1998. Pohjolan Sanomat Oy becomes a subsidiary in October.

The Boards of Directors of Aamulehti Corporation and MTV Oy sign an agreement merging the two companies to form Alma Media Corporation. Radio Nova, owned 48 % by Alma Media, starts operating. Aamulehti Corporation and MTV Oy jointly acquire 23.4 % of TV4 AB in Sweden.

Satakunnan Kirjateollisuus Oy becomes an Aamulehti group subsidiary. Aamulehti Corporation and MTV Oy are parties to the establishment of Oy Suomen Uutisradio Ab (Radio Nova), which is granted the first operating licence for national commercial radio broadcasting in Finland.

Lapin Kansa Oy is added to the Aamulehti group. Iltalehti Online and MTV3i are launched on the Internet.

The Aamulehti group begins publishing OtaOnline in the closed electronic network of the Helsinki University of Technology. OtaOnline, the first "network newspaper" in Finland, contains material from Aamulehti, Kauppalehti and Iltalehti.

MTV Oy is granted its own operating licence and it obtains an entire channel. In its first year of operation MTV3 Channel's share of total viewing time reached 43 %. MTV Oy becomes a member of the European Broadcasting Union.

The Aamulehti group's printing units are merged to form what is now known as Alprint.

Tampereen Kirjapaino Oy and Uusi Suomi Oy are merged in 1988 to become one of Finland's largest newspaper publishers. The new company was later named Aamulehti Corporation.

Oy Kolmostelevisio Ab is established on 25th November 1985. It is owned by Oy Yleisradio Ab (50 %), MTV Oy (35 %) and Nokia (15 %). This company's establishment was a major step towards Alma Media Group's own television channel.

Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab is renamed MTV Oy.

Uusi Suomi Oy establishes the Iltalehti afternoon newspaper. Iltalehti has had the fastest circulation growth of all Finnish newspapers in recent years. Iltalehti has also been published on the Internet since 1995.

Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab is established and 108 shareholders were registered from among associations of Finnish advertisers and film producers. The new company transmitted its first television broadcast on 13th August 1957. Oy Mainos-TV-Reklam Ab is the third oldest commercial television company in Europe.

Lapin Kansa is established in Rovaniemi by supporters of the Maalaisliitto's Eastern Lapland district. In 1958 the newspaper became politically independent when the Party prohibited Lapin Kansa from appearing as its newspaper.

Maalaisliitto supports in Kainuu establish the Kainuun Sanomat newspaper in Kajaani in 1917. The paper commences day-to-day operations in 1918.

The Pohjolan Sanomat newspaper is established in Kemi by the company that earlier started the Tornion Laakso newspaper in Tornio. Originally an independent newspaper, Pohjolan Sanomat became an organ for supporters of the Maalaisliitto (Centre Party).

Suomen Liikemiesyhdistys (The Finnish Businessmen's Association) establishes a weekly magazines called Kauppalehti to cater to the needs of the business community. In 1918 Kauppalehti becomes a newspaper. In 1958 the newspaper was bought by Uusi Suomi Oy. Today, Kauppalehti is Finland's leading business daily. It is published on weekdays and it also produces a bi-monthly business magazine called Kauppalehti Optio. Kauppalehti Online, established in 1996, is Finland's most popular online business service.

The Tampere Kirjapaino Oy printing company publishes the first edition of the Aamulehti newspaper on 3rd December 1881. Aamulehti today is the second largest Finnish daily newspaper. Tampereen Kirjapaino Oy, which published Aamulehti, acquired a number of local newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s and also expanded into printing. The company also added a large number of information technology companies to its portfolio in the 1980s.

A Finnish language newspaper called Satakunta-lehti is founded in 1873 followed in 1907 by Satakunnan Sanomat, a newspaper established by the Young Finns party. These titles are merged into Satakunnan Kansa in 1917.

Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Kirjapainon Osakeyhtiö (Finnish Literature Society's Printing Company Ltd) is granted a permit by the Imperial Senate of Finland in 1846 to begin printing activities in Finland. The printing company starts operating in 1849 and prints the Suometar newspaper, founded in 1847. This newspaper was published as Uusi Suometar from 1869 to 1918, and as Uusi Suomi from 1918 until 1991.