Sanoma WSOY Group: Holdings
Holdings
This list is indicative only.
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Newspapers
The group produces Finland's leading tabloid, broadsheet and financial newspaper; regional newspapers; and free newspapers in Finland and Estonia -
- Helsingin Sanomat
- Ilta-Sanomat
- Taloussanomat
- Kymen Lehtimedia - 3 daily papers (Kymen Sanomat, Kouvolan Sanomat and Etelä-Saimaa), 6 local papers and 1 free paper in South-East Finland
- printing plants in Kouvola and Lappeenranta
- Kultainen Pörssi - Finland's largest free newspaper
- Kuldne Börs - Estonian free newspaper
Magazines
Sanoma's magazine arm is the Finnish market leader in family and women's magazines, professional and home computer magazines, and comics - 47 titles in Finland and 3 titles in Sweden
The acquisition of CIG - Europe's fifth largest magazine publisher - from VNU brings 300 titles in Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, The Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, and Sweden (market leadership in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and The Netherlands).
CIG includes 110 general magazines, 106 puzzle and special interest magazines, 15 business yearbooks.
It also includes Aldipress, the largest Dutch commercial magazine sales and distribution organisation (70% of market), and multimedia interests such as the startpagina.nl portal and ilseMediagroep unit.
Books
The group is Finland's leading book publisher in general literature, education and a number of specialist publications. It is also the Nordic area's leading calendar publisher and the market leader in book printing.
Broadcast
Sanoma television interests include free-to-air, cable and three digital TV licences.
Channel Four Finland (Oy Ruutunelonen Ab and Oy Suomen Medianelonen Ab) is Finland's second commercial television channel, and primarily focused on the urban population.
Channel Four Helsinki Television (HTV) is Finland's largest cable-TV company
Tuotantotalo Werne is a specialist provider of TV, video, and audio services
Måndag offers video copying and CD and DVD production services.
Multimedia
Infosto - developer of consumer-to-consumer electronic marketplaces in Finnland
Swwap operates the 2ndhead mobile portal to content from SanomaWSOY and outside providers, including news, betting tips, route itinerary services, and horoscopes
ilse Media Groep is Holland's number-one search engine and portal
Rights management and news services
Lehtikuva photo agency
Startel (90%) - business information services
Esmerk - customised news analysis and summary services in Europe, Russia, the Baltic, Asia and the Americas
Distribution
Lehtipiste press distribution in Finland
Lehepunkt - joint venture with Estonian publisher Ekspress Grupp
Retail
Suomalainen Kirjakauppa chain of bookshops - 59 bookshops, three Yliopistokirjakauppa bookshops and one Dose multimedia shop
Astro Raamatud (60%) - Estonian book retailer
Rautakirja (56.97%) kiosks in Finland and Estonia
Preses Abvieniba - Latvian convenience store chain
Eurostrada and Motorest restaurant chains of activities include the highway service areas
Pizza Hut franchise
Cinemas and film distribution
Finnkino group - cinemas in Finland, Estonia and Latvia
Finnkino film import operation
video sales and rental operations
RCV Entertainment - largest film distributor in Benelux countries
Gambling
Veikkausrasti chain of betting shops
Other
The group has a 29.6% stake in Norwegian media group A-pressen ASA (a majority shareholder in 45 local and regional papers and interests in five others, a third of Norway's TV2 and interests in seven local TV stations).
Other interests include
- Geomatic - direct marketing
- HPR Holding - consumer and trade show operator