Ilta-Sanomat

Ilta-Sanomat
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Sanoma
Editor-in-chiefTapio Sadeoja
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
HeadquartersHelsinki
Circulation143,321 (as of 2011)
Sister newspapersHelsingin Sanomat
Websitewww.is.fi Edit this at Wikidata

Ilta-Sanomat (Finnish for 'the evening news') is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid size evening newspapers and the second largest paper in the country. Its counterpart and biggest rival is Iltalehti.

According to the National Media Research done in 2019 Ilta-Sanomat is also the biggest digital media in Finland and reaches about 2.5 million Finns.[1]

Johanna Lahti has been the editor-in-chief of Ilta-Sanomat since November 2019, after the previous editor-in-chief Tapio Sadeoja retired after 38 years in office.[2]

  1. ^ "KMT osoittaa: Ilta-Sanomat on Suomen suurin uutismedia". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Suomen suurimman uutismedian pomo vaihtuu! IS:n päätoimittaja Tapio Sadeoja eläkkeelle: "Vierastan missiojournalismia"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.