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Alma Media's Annual Report 2008 published



Alma Media Corporation  Stock Exchange Announcement  2 March 2009 at
17.05

ALMA MEDIA'S ANNUAL REPORT 2008 PUBLISHED

The Annual Report 2008 of Alma Media Corporation has been published
today. A web version and a printable pdf file are available on Alma
Media's website www.almamedia.fi/financial_reports. The Annual report
2008 is available in Finnish and in English.

The printed Annual Report will be sent to those shareholders who
subscribe it via Alma Media's website, www.almamedia.fi/subscriptions
, e-mail at almamedia@almamedia.fi or via phone, tel. +358 10 665
2271. Printed reports can be ordered free of charge.


ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR


Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, principal media


Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding
company that invests in the future of newspapers and online media.
It's best known products are the Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti
and Etuovi.com.

Net sales in 2008 totalled EUR 341 million and the operating margin
was over 14%. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange, trading code ALN1V.