Senior Editor-in-Chief for Iltalehti to change

Alma Media Corporation                            Press Release 4 February, 2021

SENIOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOR ILTALEHTI TO CHANGE

Erja Yläjärvi, the Senior Editor-in-Chief of Iltalehti, will leave her post and start in her new role as the Editor-in-Chief of KSF Media’s Hufvudstadsbladet by September 2021. She has worked for Iltalehti since 2018. Yläjärvi joined Alma Media from Helsingin Sanomat where she worked as a Managing Editor of HS.fi. Yläjärvi has worked also as the Editor-in-Chief of Kouvolan Sanomat.

– In extremely rapid news work, Iltalehti’s editorial professionalism is outstanding and leading such a team has been a great privilege. During these exceptional times the demand for content has increased significantly, and I am sure Iltalehti continues its good progress under the leadership of the Senior Editor-in-Chief, says Erja Yläjärvi.- Erja Yläjärvi has done an excellent job as the Senior Editor-in-Chief of Iltalehti, particularly in these extraordinary times we are facing at the moment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. She has been a daring leader in the fast-changing media environment and steered a national news and lifestyle media with its weekly audience of three million Finns. I wish her the best of luck for the new challenge, says Kari Kivelä, Senior Vice President of Alma Consumer. 

Editor-in-Chief Perttu Kauppinen will serve as the acting Senior Editor-in-Chief of Iltalehti from 4 February, 2021.

For more information, please contact:
Kari Kivelä, Senior Vice President, Alma Consumer, tel. +358 10 665 2032

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Alma Media is a dynamic digital service business and media company with a strong capacity for renewal. The company’s best-known brands are Kauppalehti, Talouselämä, Iltalehti, Etuovi.com and Monster. Alma Media builds sustainable growth expanding its offering from media to related digital services fulfilling the needs of users’ everyday life as consumers and as professionals in business. Alma Media operates in 11 countries in Europe. Alma Media employs approximately 1,500 professionals. Alma Media’s revenue from continuing operations was EUR 250.2 million in 2019. Alma Media’s share is listed on NASDAQ Helsinki. Read more at www.almamedia.com 

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