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Encyclopedia > SanomaWSOY
SanomaWSOY
Type Public (OMX: SWS1V)
Founded 1999
Headquarters Flag of Finland Helsinki, Finland
Key people Jaakko Rauramo (Chairman of the board), Hannu Syrjänen (President and CEO)
Industry Media
Products Magazines and press distribution, publishing
Revenue €2.926 billion (2007)
Operating income €343.8 million (2007)
Net income €246.1 million (2007)
Employees 19,587
Divisions Sanoma Magazines, Sanoma, SanomaWSOY Education and Books, SWelcom, Rautakirja
Website http://www.sanomawsoy.fi/

SanomaWSOY is the leading media group in the Nordic countries with operations in 20 European countries, based in Helsinki. The group is also among the top five European magazine publishers and has a strong position, in addition to its native Finland, in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine. OMX AB is a Swedish-Finnish financial services company, formed in 2003 through a merger between OM AB and HEX plc. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... For the tax agency in Ireland of the same name, see Revenue Commissioners. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), also known as operating income and operating profit, is a term used to describe a companys earnings. ... One million (1,000,000), or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... This article is about work. ... A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... The media in the Netherlands – television, radio, newspapers, magazines – are characterized by a tradition of pillarization on the one hand and an increasing degree of commercialization on the other. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ...


The group has an annual turnover of 2,926 million euros[1] (2007) and employs an average of 19,587 people. SanomaWSOY was formed in 1999 with the merger of Sanoma Corporation, WSOY (Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö; Werner Söderström Corporation) and Helsinki Media Company. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...


SanomaWSOY consists of five divisions:[2]

  • Sanoma Magazines Magazine publishing and online operations
  • Sanoma Newspaper publishing, online operations and printing
  • SanomaWSOY Education and Books Educational publishing, publishing, and business information and services
  • SWelcom TV, broadband internet, and radio
  • Rautakirja Kiosk operations, press distribution, bookstores and entertainment

SanomaWSOY's stock is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Its biggest owners include Aatos Erkko and other members of the Erkko family. The newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that was founded in 1889 as Päivälehti is one of the single most significant products of the group. For the numeral system, Hex, see Hexadecimal For Wikipedias help pages, see Help:Contents. ... Aatos Juho Michel Erkko (born 16 September 1932 in Helsinki) is a Finnish journalist and the main owner of SanomaWSOY and the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. ... Helsingin Sanomat is the biggest subscription newspaper in Finland and in the Nordic countries. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...


External links

  • SanomaWSOY
  • Sanoma Magazines
  • Sanoma Corporation
  • WSOY
  • SWelcom
  • Rautakirja

References

  1. ^ SanomaWSOY's Year-End Statement 2007
  2. ^ SanomaWSOY: Group Structure


 

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