Recent news on Sanoma

Sanoma WSOY Q1 beat consensus, sees profits improving in 2007 - UPDATE  -  May 3, 2007
Forbes,HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Finnish media group Sanoma WSOY Corp reported better-than-expected pretax profit and sales in its first quarter due to

SanomaWSOY Oyj: Sanomawsoy quarterly report sanomawsoy's interim ...  -  May 3, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),Operating profit rose to EUR 54.0 (45.6) million when Sanoma Magazines and Sanoma improved their results. The Group's earnings per share for the first

Best Employer of the Year award goes to Ikea  -  May 7, 2007
Czech Business Weekly,In 2006, the same award went to publisher Sanoma Magazines Praha. Organized by international outsourcing and human resources (HR) management consultancy

SanomaWSOY Profits, Sales Up in 1Q  -  May 3, 2007
Forbes,It was formed in 1999 with the merger of Finland's leading newspaper publisher, Sanoma Corp., and the country's biggest publishing house, WSOY.

Furniture chain IKEA wins contest as best Czech employer  -  Apr 26, 2007
Prague Daily Monitor,The publishing house Sanoma Magazines Praha won the contest last year. The Hewitt study of companies with at least 50 staff evaluates companies on the basis

Journalism with a big J  -  May 14, 2007
followthemedia.com (subscription),A study of the year’s results thus far for Schibsted, Sanoma WSOY, Tiscali, and European results for News Corp. indicates the business is taking some twists

Helsinki shares lower midday; Kemira GrowHow, Raisio outperform on Q1  -  May 3, 2007
Hemscott,Sanoma WSOY was little changed -- 0.09 pct lower to 22.27 eur -- outperforming the leadboard as it reported better-than-expected pretax profit and sales in

Pál Papliczky  -  Apr 23, 2007
Budapest Business Journal,From 1991 to 1994, he was advertising head at Sanoma Budapest Zrt’s business weekly Figyelő, and then occupied the same position at HVG Press Kft’s weekly

SanomaWSOY Oyj: Sanomawsoy changes in share capital and votes ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),The Group has five divisions: Sanoma Magazines, Sanoma, SanomaWSOY Education and Books, SWelcom, and Rautakirja. In 2006, the Group employed over 18000

Donald Duck holds his own in the north  -  Apr 11, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,According to surveys taken by Taloustutkimus, the comics have 1084000 readers over the age of 12 years, and Sanoma Magazines Finland's own assays report

SanomaWSOY Oyj: Sanomawsoy company announcement sanomawsoy renews ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),The deputy to Hannu Syrjänen, President and CEO of SanomaWSOY, will be Eija Ailasmaa, President and CEO of Sanoma Magazines; deputy to Mikael Pentikäinen,

Géza Palocsay  -  Apr 11, 2007
Budapest Business Journal,Publishing house Sanoma Budapest Zrt named online team group head Géza Palocsay, 26, as online sales director effective May 1. Aside from the company’s

Message On A Coke Bottle  -  Apr 2, 2007
MediaPost Publications,According to OPP, the company negotiated with Coca-Cola and Sanoma, publisher of GLAM*IT, to choose the ideal Sanoma title to adhere to the Coke bottles.

Rautakirja to enter Russian kiosk market  -  Apr 2, 2007
ArabianBusiness.com,Independent Media, part of the SanomaWSOY Group's magazine division Sanoma Magazines is the leading player on the magazines market in Russia, according to

SENDANDSEE: The Moscow Times goes mobile with mobiprint  -  Apr 1, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),Until 2005, the paper was owned by Independent Media but was then was acquired by the Dutch-Finnish publishing group Sanoma.

BACKGROUND: When Aamulehti rejected Mickey Mouse  -  Apr 11, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,Towards the end of the 1940s, the then Printing Works Director of Sanoma Corporation Risto Kavanne launched negotiations for the publication of separate Aku

OKO Pankki Oyj: Oko pankki oyj changes board/management/auditors ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),Ms Raili Mäkinen, President of Sanoma Magazines Finland Corporation, and Mr Tony Vepsäläinen, President of the OP Bank Group Central Cooperative,

Spreading the word  -  Apr 12, 2007
St Petersburg Times, Russia,The latter is published in conjunction with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, the parent company of The St. Petersburg Times.

Forbes Owner Looking for A New Publisher in Russia  -  Apr 5, 2007
The Moscow Times,...publishers for the magazine -- Hachette Filipacchi Shkulev and Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, the parent company of Vedomosti and The Moscow Times.

Spreading the Word  -  Mar 29, 2007
The Moscow Times,The latter is published in conjunction with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, the parent company of The Moscow Times. Most recently, RIA-Novosti announced

Publishers head off future clash with search engines  -  Mar 30, 2007
Financial Mirror,Independent News & Media Plc, John Wiley & Sons, Macmillan / Holtzbrinck, Media 24, Reed Elsevier and Sanoma Corporation of Finland.

Sanoma Bliasak buys Bulgarian women's e-zine  -  Mar 11, 2007
Dnevnik.bg,Sanoma Bliasak Bulgaria, part of Finnsih media group SanomaWSOY, said it acquired www.rozali.com, the most popular women’s website in Bulgaria.

Wolters Kluwer to sell education division to US equity group  -  Mar 23, 2007
newratings.com...an American private equity group, Pearson and Finnish media group Sanoma, had also shown interest in acquiring the education division of Wolters Kluwer.

Wolters Kluwer sells learning ops to Bridgepoint for 750 mln eur ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Forbes,Other companies, such as Vestar, an American private equity group, Pearson (nyse: PSO - news - people ) and Finnish media group Sanoma were also interested

Wolters Kluwer sells learning ops to Bridgeport Capital for 750 ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,Other companies, such as Vestar, an American private equity group, Pearson and Finnish media group Sanoma were also interested in the division at various

Wolters Kluwer buyout  -  Mar 22, 2007
Financial News Online US,Pearson and Sanoma, the Finnish media group, and US private equity group Vestar had also shown interest in parts of the Wolters Kluwer portfolio,

Bridgepoint wins auction for Wolters' arm  -  Mar 26, 2007
MSNBCPearson, owner of the Financial Times; Sanoma, the Finnish media group; and US private equity group Vestar had also shown interest in parts of the Wolters

Youth magazine editor suspended over recreational drug article  -  Mar 7, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,...by Janne Kaijärvi, Editor-in Chief of Sanoma Kaupunkilehdet, a part of the SanomaWSOY Group, which publishes free-distribution publications.

Candidate selection engine puts many candidates in strange company ...  -  Mar 6, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,...the upcoming Parliamentary elections - four out of five of the total seeking election - are in the candidate selection engine (Vaalikone) of Sanoma Oy.

Almost 60 pct of Finnish MP candidates back new national utility  -  Mar 2, 2007
Newsroom Finland,Some 1600 candidates answered the survey, carried out with Sanoma's election engine. Last year, Fortum drew flak for the large option payments to its

Coca-Cola and GLAM*IT make Europe’s first Magazine on a Bottle  -  Mar 21, 2007
Gizmag,Coca-Cola light and Sanoma Magazines have joined forces to create the world’s first soft drink combined with a magazine, using the labeling innovation.

Real estate - Suburban Life  -  Mar 19, 2007
Community Press,7121 Sanoma Ave.: Buckhead Homes Inc. to Schneider, Amy M.; $320000. 7243 Rita Lane: Klunk, Lawrence A. & Amy M. to Kasten, David Matthew; $146000.

Area highlights  -  Mar 19, 2007
Salem Statesman Journal,Sanoma State had six extra-base hits against Western Oregon in the second game. Whitman 7, Willamette 2: Hadley DeBree defeated Tiffany Kam 6-0,

News in Brief  -  Mar 18, 2007
The Moscow Times,The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, the Finnish group that is the parent company of The Moscow Times.

Movers and Shakers  -  Mar 8, 2007
Prague Post,She led The Prague Post from 2004 to 2006 and was commercial director for Sanoma Magazines Praha from 2001 to 2003. She has served on the Czech Union of

Sanoma WSOY Q4 pretax misses forecasts; sees higher 2007 sales ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
Forbes,HELSINKI (AFX) - Finnish media group Sanoma WSOY Corp said fourth quarter pretax profit declined to 70.1 mln eur from 74.7 mln a year earlier and missed

State Press Organization Targets Expatriate Readers  -  Feb 22, 2007
St Petersburg Times, Russia,Earlier that year, it began publishing the Russia Profile journal in conjunction with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, the parent company of The Moscow

Business in Brief  -  Feb 8, 2007
The Moscow Times,In Russia, Sanoma's group, Independent Media-Sanoma Magazines, posted net sales of 90.2 million euros in 2006, an increase of 20 percent on 2005. (Reuters)

SanomaWSOY Oyj: Sanomawsoy's year-end statement 2006  -  Feb 8, 2007
Kauppalehti (press release),In the Netherlands, we acquired Kieskeurig.nl, a major product and price comparison website, and in Finland we formed a new company called Sanoma Digital,

SanomaWSOY 4Q Profit Down to $75 Million  -  Feb 8, 2007
Houston Chronicle,It was formed in 1999 with the merger of Finland's leading newspaper publisher, Sanoma Corp., and the country's biggest publishing house, WSOY.

Hungary's top social networking site victim of own success  -  Jan 29, 2007
Caboodle.hu,...various problems as the site's popularity nears that of the largest Hungarian site, Sanoma's Startlap, which is visited by one million people a day.

Business in Brief  -  Feb 18, 2007
The Moscow Times,Quoting sources, Kommersant said Springer was in talks with Finland's Sanoma --the parent company of The Moscow Times -- which owns Independent Media,

Reed Elsevier to sell education arm  -  Feb 15, 2007
Times Online,Among those chasing Wolters Kluwer were Sanoma WSOY of Finland; Wendel Investissment, owner of the French educational publisher Editis; and Houghton Mifflin

Reed Elsevier Decides Education Doesn't Pay  -  Feb 15, 2007
Forbes,...(nyse: PSO - news - people ), Lagardere (other-otc: LGDDY - news - people ) and Sanoma WSOY (other-otc: SWYBF - news - people ) all potential buyers.

Axel Springer Russia Up for  -  Feb 15, 2007
Kommersant,Alex Springer has offered Finland’s Sanoma WSOY (owner of Independent Media) and Russian Ashet Filipaki Shkulev and UFG Private Equity to buy its Russian

The Community Journal  -  Feb 14, 2007
Community Press,457 Sanoma Court, Mark Liegel to Charles & Elizabeth Staggenborg, $184100. 4161 South Yorkshire Square, M/I Homes of Cincinnati LLC to Jakub Szymkowiak

Cultural oasis "Finlandia Park" to surround Helsinki's Töölönlahti Bay  -  Feb 14, 2007
Helsingin Sanomat,The new urban park would bring together several existing cultural buildings, namely Finlandia Hall, Kiasma, Sanoma House, the Finnish National Opera,

Helsinki share slightly lower at midday, Elisa falls on earnings ...  -  Feb 8, 2007
Forbes,Sanoma WSOY was little changed -- down 0.04 pct at 22.48 eur after its fourth quarter report missed market forecasts. The group posted a decline in the

Helsinki shares close lower led by Elisa, Uponor UPDATE  -  Feb 8, 2007
ABCmoney.co.uk,Elsewhere, media and publishing group Sanoma WSOY dipped 1.29 pct to 22.20 eur after quarterly earnings just missed expectations, while Stockmann fell 0.88

MFA: FOCUS 2007 showcases Finland for investors  -  Feb 5, 2007
Kauppalehti (ilmainen rekisteröinti),Production, design and project management of FOCUS are by Sanoma Magazines Finland - Custom Publishing, a unit of the SanomaWSOY group.

Feeling the Heat  -  Feb 1, 2007
Russia Profile,The Greek Mega Television representative asked about a planned pipeline through Bulgaria, while a Finnish journalist from Sanoma (owner of the Moscow Times)

Finland's SanomaWSOY divests 30-pct Smena holding  -  Jan 10, 2007
Newsroom Finland,Sanoma Magazines arm Independent Media publishes Russian business paper Vedomosti and English-language papers Moscow Times and the St Petersburg Times.

Wolters Kluwer school books on market  -  Jan 8, 2007
DutchNews.nl,The paper says a number of parties - unit including Sanoma, Pearson and Lagardere - have approached Wolters Kluwer about taking over its educational

Helsinki shares slightly higher at midday, media shares gain on ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Forbes,The media sector was active after Alma Media said it is in a preliminary talks with Keskisuomalainen about a potential merger, with Sanoma WSOY unchanged at

Filming in Miami  -  Jan 17, 2007
Miami Today,SANOMA UITGEVERS. Hoofddorp, Noord Holland. Stills for Yes. Miami citywide, countywide, Miami Beach citywide. HG PRODUCTIONS INC. Miami Beach.

Filming in Miami  -  Jan 10, 2007
Miami Today,SANOMA UITGEVERS. Hoofddorp, North Holland. Stills for yes. Miami citywide, countywide, Miami Beach residential, Miami Beach citywide. HG PRODUCERS, INC.

Helsinki shares close slightly higher on bargain-hunting, Nokia ...  -  Jan 8, 2007
Forbes,Media share Sanoma WSOY added 0.34 pct to 20.75 eur. SanomaWSOY was mentioned by the Telegraph as one of the potential bidders for Wolters Kluwers'

AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Mergers and acquisitions highlights to 09:20 GMT  -  Jan 5, 2007
Hemscott,HELSINKI (AFX) - Sanoma WSOY said its kiosk and press distribution unit Rautakirja has acquired Printcenter OY, but gave no financial details.

Special to The St. Petersburg Times  -  Dec 28, 2006
St.Petersburg Times.ru,This year, charity has been on the agenda at Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, The St. Petersburg Times’ parent company. It decided to give its entire

Visual art: 2006  -  Dec 28, 2006
St.Petersburg Times.ru,Together with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines (publisher of The St. Petersburg Times), the museum as well as the city has relaunched “Hermitage Magazine

Hungarian Competition Authority: record fines for big fishes in 2006  -  Dec 28, 2006
Portfolio.hu,...happen with the approval of GVH, just like the establishing of the new distribution company of major publishing houses Ringier, Népszabadság and Sanoma.

Business / Business in Brief  -  Dec 21, 2006
The Moscow Times,Vedomosti is published by Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, which also publishes The Moscow Times. (MT). LONDON -- The Sheskharis Oil Terminal at

Helsinki shares close slightly lower, Neste Oil leads decliners ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Forbes,Elsewhere, Sanoma WSOY finished 0.19 pct off at 21.06 eur. Sector peer Alma Media said it is in a preliminary talks with Keskisuomalainen about a potential

Newspaper Wins Case against Website  -  Dec 20, 2006
Kommersant,The Financial Times), Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal) and Independent Media (which is owned by the Sanoma WSOY media holding company).

Helsinki shares slightly higher at midday, media shares gain on ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Forbes,The media sector was active after Alma Media said it is in a preliminary talks with Keskisuomalainen about a potential merger, with Sanoma WSOY unchanged at

SanomaWSOY Oyj: Sanomawsoy to refine its press distribution ...  -  Dec 11, 2006
Kauppalehti (press release),Aldipress, which is currently part of Sanoma Magazines, the magazine publishing division of SanomaWSOY, will be consolidated with Rautakirja as of January 1

Berlusconi makes move into Russia  -  Dec 12, 2006
Variety (subscription)Mondadori, a division of Berlusconi's investment firm Fininvest, will form a joint venture with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines to publish Grazia,

Berlusconi takes first steps into Russia  -  Dec 12, 2006
Variety (subscription)Under the arrangement, Mondadori, a division of Berlusconi's investment firm Fininvest, will form a joint venture with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines to

Ernie Jensen named to Hall of Fame  -  Dec 6, 2006
Hot Springs Village Voice,Jensen, a former Coca-Cola bottling company executive in California, was president of Sanoma's University Athletic Association from 1988 to 1996.

Business / Business in Brief  -  Dec 21, 2006
The Moscow Times,Vedomosti is published by Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, which also publishes The Moscow Times. (MT). LONDON -- The Sheskharis Oil Terminal at

Helsinki shares close slightly lower, Neste Oil leads decliners ...  -  Dec 21, 2006
Forbes,Elsewhere, Sanoma WSOY finished 0.19 pct off at 21.06 eur. Sector peer Alma Media said it is in a preliminary talks with Keskisuomalainen about a potential

Newspaper Wins Case against  -  Dec 20, 2006
Kommersant,The Financial Times), Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal) and Independent Media (which is owned by the Sanoma WSOY media holding company).

Finland's HE K. Jamsen: Bulgaria Should be More Transparent, Open ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
Sofia News Agency,A graduate of the University of Helsinki (Master of Political Science) and Sanoma School of Journalism (Degree in Journalism). Prior to his arrival in Sofia

Evraz steel CEO leves to go back to politics as Kremlin “plots ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
Mineweb,...and Vladimir Potanin, who owned the Times until he sold it to the Finnish group Sanoma; the latter's hostility towards the Kremlin is well-known.

Berlusconis to Be Publishers  -  Dec 10, 2006
Kommersant,It intends to form a joint venture at the beginning of next year with Independent Media Sanoma Magazines to publish the magazine Grazia.

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