2009-09-14 08:30:00 CEST

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Alma Media - Company Announcement

Alma Media Corporation extends the offer period of the tender offer made for shares in Talentum Oyj to end on 15 October 2009 at 4:00 p.m.



Alma Media Corporation   Stock Exchange Release   14 September 2009
at 9.30 a.m.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION EXTENDS THE OFFER PERIOD OF THE TENDER OFFER
MADE FOR SHARES IN TALENTUM OYJ TO END ON 15 OCTOBER 2009 AT 4:00
P.M.

Alma Media Corporation ("Alma Media") announced on 10 August 2009
that it will make a mandatory public tender offer for all of the
issued and outstanding shares in Talentum Oyj ("Talentum") (the"Tender Offer"). The Tender Offer commenced on 19 August 2009 at 9:30
a.m. (Finnish time) and was announced to end on 15 September 2009 at
4:00 p.m. (Finnish time) unless the Tender Offer is extended or
discontinued in accordance with its terms and conditions (the "Offer
Period"). The consideration offered for each share in Talentum
validly tendered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Tender Offer is EUR 1.85 in cash.

According to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, the Tender
Offer is subject to that all regulatory approvals and other permits
and approvals required for the completion of the Tender Offer,
including clearances from competition authorities, have been received
on terms and conditions that are acceptable to Alma Media.
Alternatively, Alma Media may, to the extent possible under the law,
waive this precondition for the completion. Alma Media published a
stock exchange release on 9 September 2009 informing that the
Competition Authority has referred the Tender Offer to continued
consideration.

Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, Alma Media
has today decided to extend the Offer Period of the Tender Offer by
one month, to end on 15 October 2009 at 4:00 p.m. (Finnish time) (the"Extended Offer Period"). Alma Media may, according to the terms and
conditions of the Tender Offer, decide during the Extended Offer
Period to further extend the Offer Period by announcing that within
the Extended Offer Period. Alma Media may also discontinue the
Extended Offer Period by informing of that five (5) banking days
before the end of the Extended Offer Period at the latest.

Alma Media Corporation
Rauno Heinonen
Corporate Communications and IR

Additional information:
Kai Telanne, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 665 3500

DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Main media

Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a profitable and internationally expanding company that
invests in the future of newspapers and online media. Its 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 (ALN1V) is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki stock exchange.

This release may not be released or otherwise distributed, in whole
or in part, in or into Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa,
Canada or the United States. This release is not a tender offer
document and as such does not constitute an offer or invitation to
make a sales offer. Investors shall accept the Tender Offer for the
shares only on the basis of the information provided in a tender
offer document. Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in any
jurisdiction where either an offer or participation therein is
prohibited by applicable law or where any tender offer document or
registration or other requirements would apply in addition to those
undertaken in Finland.

The Tender Offer is not being made in any jurisdiction where
prohibited by applicable law and the tender offer document and
related acceptance forms will not and may not be distributed,
forwarded or transmitted into or from any jurisdiction where
prohibited by applicable law. In particular, the Tender Offer is not
being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by use of the
postal service of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,
without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone or the
Internet) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of
a national securities exchange of, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South
Africa, Canada or the United States. The Tender Offer cannot be
accepted by any such use, means or instrumentality or from within
Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Canada or the United
States.