Sanoma Magazines Finland enlarges format of Japanilaiset Ristikot magazine

Monday, August 4, 2003

Sanoma Magazines Finland, the leading Finnish magazine publisher measured by net sales and total circulation, has enlarged the format of the Japanilaiset Ristikot magazine.

Dedicated exclusively to Conceptis PAP puzzles, Japanilaiset Ristikot issue 3/2003 published in June is now in a larger format, has more and larger puzzles, and also contains color puzzles.

Measuring 17cm wide by 25cm high, Japanilaiset Ristikot 3/2003 contains 30 PAP puzzles with sizes from 15x20 and up to 45x55 plus a huge centerfold puzzle of 85x50. A 2-color and a 5-color puzzles are also available in this magazine.

In addition, Sanoma Magazines Finland has been added to the Partners Worldwide section in Conceptis' website. With this, Conceptis puzzles are now published by more than 25 publishers in 18 different countries around the world.

In 2002 Sanoma Magazines Finland published 40 magazines and 150 books with a total circulation of 2 million copies and a net revenue of euro 164.8 million. Based in Helsinki and employing 800 people, the company is the market leader in several significant target groups, such as women's and family magazines and juvenile publications. It is also a significant publisher of computer magazines and business publications.

Amongst its other publications Sanoma Magazines Finland publishes Japanilaiset Ristikot - a magazine dedicated to Conceptis puzzles, which has been published since May 2002. In addition to Japanilaiset Ristikot, the company publishes 7 different other crossword puzzles magazines as well.

Sanoma Magazines Finland has three operating units: Magazines, Business Media, and Juvenile Publications. The Magazines unit offering includes Kodin Kuvalehti (family magazine), Me Naiset (women's magazine), ET-lehti (senior citizens' magazine), and the Gloria lifestyle magazines. The publishing program further includes special magazines, such as Hyva Terveys (health), Tiede (sciences), Matkaopas (travel magazine) and Vauva (babies).

Sanoma Magazines Finland is part of Sanoma Magazines - a division of SanomaWSOY Group, the largest Nordic media corporation. Based in Amsterdam with a workforce of 4,300 people, Sanoma Magazines ranks the fifth largest European magazine publisher issuing approximately 220 consumer magazines in nine countries.

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• Conceptis Pic-a-Pix