Tiedonantaja ("Informant") is a Finnish leftist monthly newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland. It is the party organ of the new Communist Party of Finland (SKP).
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| Type | Monthly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | tabloid |
| Publisher | Kustannusyhtiö TA-Tieto Oy |
| Editor-in-chief | Petra Packalén |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Political alignment | Marxist |
| Language | Finnish |
| Headquarters | Helsinki |
| Circulation | 6,000 (2010) |
| Sister newspapers | Arbetartidningen Enhet 1974–1988 |
| ISSN | 0356-1631 |
| Website | tiedonantaja.fi |
Tiedonantaja's current editor-in-chief is Petra Packalén[1] who was preceded by Marko Korvela (2012-2018) and Erkki Susi (1983-2012).
History and profile edit
Tiedonantaja was founded in 1968 as the paper of the taistoist minority faction of the Communist Party of Finland[2] until the opposition was expelled in the mid-1980s.[clarification needed] During the 1970s and in the first half of the 1980s Kansan Uutiset represented the moderates in the party whereas Tiedonantaja was the organ of the doctrinaire faction.[3] In the late 1980s, the paper was also the organ of the electoral front, Democratic Alternative.
Tiedonantaja was first published irregularly by the Uusimaa district organisation of the SKP. It became a nationwide publication after other taistoist districts joined, and in 1970 the paper began to be published on a weekly basis. In 1972, Tiedonantaja was published three times a week and from 1973 onwards, four times a week. The paper reduced back to its weekly format in 1990. Tiedonantaja became a monthly newspaper in 2018.
In the 1970s, Tiedonantaja had a circulation of about 30,000. Its circulation was 6,000 copies in 2010.[4] Over 50,000 people sent May Day and new year's greetings, which were published in the special editions.
References edit
- ^ "Petra Packalén on valittu Tiedonantajan uudeksi päätoimittajaksi". Tiedonantaja (in Finnish). 17 March 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ Esko Salminen (1999). The Silenced Media The Propaganda War between Russia and the West in Northern Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 41. doi:10.1057/9780230389922. ISBN 978-0-230-38992-2.
- ^ Eric Solsten; Sandra W. Meditz, eds. (1988). "The Communist Party". Finland: A Country Study. Washington, DC: GPO for the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1490435749.
- ^ Ilmoitukset Tiedonantaja 2010
External links edit
- Official website
Media related to Tiedonantaja at Wikimedia Commons
