SanomaWSOY - Changes board/management/auditors

Merja Karhapää Appointed Chief Legal Officer of SanomaWSOY and Secretary to the Board of Directors

SanomaWSOY Corp. Stock Exchange Release 29 July 2008 at 11:00

Master of Laws Merja Karhapää, 46, has been appointed Chief Legal
Officer of the SanomaWSOY Group and Secretary to the Board of
Directors as of 1 August 2008. She will also be a member of the
Corporate Centre Management Group. Karhapää reports directly to
SanomaWSOY's President and CEO Hannu Syrjänen.

Merja Karhapää has worked as Vice President, Group Legal Affairs of
SanomaWSOY since 2000. Previously Karhapää was Vice President,
Intellectual Capital, Trademark Counsel and Assistant General Counsel
of Cultor (currently Danisco) in 1996-2000 and Corporate Counsel of
Sanoma and that of Valmet. Karhapää will be responsible for Group
legal affairs, particularly the co-ordination of Group-level IPRs,
competition matters as well as M&A and digital media law.

In April, SanomaWSOY announced appointments of three new directors to
Corporate Centre. CFO Kim Ignatius will begin on 1 August and CSO
Sven Heistermann on 4 August. CHRO Ben Tiesnitsch began on 1 June.

Senior Vice President, Group Legal Affairs and M&A Kerstin Rinne will
retire on 1 September 2008.

Additional information:
Hannu Syrjänen, President and CEO, SanomaWSOY tel. +358 105 19 5020
Merja Karhapää, Chief Legal Officer, SanomaWSOY,
tel. +358 40 582 1538

SANOMAWSOY CORPORATION

Matti Salmi
Senior Vice President
Finance and Administration

Additional information: SanomaWSOY's Group Communications, tel +358
105 19 5062 or ir@sanomawsoy.fi

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www.sanomawsoy.fi/Investors

SanomaWSOY provides information, experiences, education and
entertainment to millions of people. Quality content, products and
services that are creative and customer centric, and efficient
distribution ensure satisfaction for our customers in the more than
20 European countries we operate in. In 2007, SanomaWSOY's net sales
totalled EUR 2.9 billion and our EBIT was EUR 344 million. The media
group employs nearly 20,000 people.