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Publisher: Sanoma
Years in Operation: 1904 - ?
Disclose Detail
Country: Flag Finland Web Site: http://www.sanoma.com/ Brands: 1 Indicia Publishers: 6 Series: 108 Printings: 6403 (6402 Issues) Disclose Notes: Web site history in English:
1904: "The Sanoma Corporation, set up to publish the paper [Helsingin Sanomat] is entered in the Trade Register on December 14."
1951: "Sanoma Corporation publishes its first comic, Aku Ankka (Donald Duck), under license from the Walt Disney Company."
1982: "Sanoma Corporation's magazine, comics and book publishing activities are transferred to a new unit, Sanomaprint."
1993: "Sanoma Corporation combines its Sanomaprint and New Media units into a new division, Helsinki Media Company."
1999: "Sanoma and WSOY merge on May 1, and the company is renamed SanomaWSOY."
2001: "SanomaWSOY acquires the Dutch VNU's magazines business. ... The new subgroup combining purchased activities and Helsinki Media will be known as Sanoma Magazines."
2008, October: "10-year old Sanoma (formerly SanomaWSOY)unites its operations under the Sanoma brand."   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

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