Sanoma WSOY Group: Holdings

holdings

This list is indicative only.

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

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