- Turun Sanomat
Infobox_Newspaper
name =
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = 1904
owners =TS-Group
political = Neutral
headquarters = Turku
editor = Markku Salomaa
website = [http://www.turunsanomat.fi www.turunsanomat.fi]"Turun Sanomat" is the leading regional
newspaper of the region of Finland Proper. It is published in the region's capital,Turku , and is read daily by about 280 000 people, or 70% of the inhabitants, in the city and its surrounding municipalities, making it the third most widely read morning newspaper in Finland (afterHelsingin Sanomat andAamulehti ). The paper has been published since 1904, and is officially politically independent and non-aligned since 1961. "Turun Sanomat" was founded as supporter of the liberalYoung Finnish Party and is still active in the Young Finn Newspaper Association.The newspaper publishes two weekly supplements, "Treffi" (on entertainment, and containing the following week's TV programmes) and "Extra", and the monthly "TS Talous" (with in-depth economic coverage). It also operates its own
printing press and the localtelevision channelTurku TV . The currentexecutive editor of Turun Sanomat isMarkku Salomaa .External links
* [http://www.turunsanomat.fi Turun Sanomat]
* http://www.ts-group.fiLiterature
* Jukka Holmberg (2004), "Etusivun politiikkaa Yhteiskunnallisten toimijoiden representointi suomalaisissa sanomalehtiuutisissa 1987-2003"
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