Alma Media - Changes board/management/auditors

Alma Media Oyj: The impacts of Alma Media's organisational changes on the composition of the Group Executive Team

Alma Media Corporation  Stock exchange release  April 2, 2012 at 14:15 (EEST)

THE IMPACTS OF ALMA MEDIA'S ORGANISATIONAL CHANGES ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE
GROUP EXECUTIVE TEAM

Alma Media renewed its organisation at the beginning of 2012. The most
significant organisational changes included the integration of the regional and
local newspaper units into new Alma Regional Media business unit; the
establishment of a new digital development and service unit, Alma Diverso; and
the centralisation of support functions from the business units to the corporate
level.

Simultaneously, Alma Media has revised its management system, the composition of
its Group Executive Team and the responsibilities of the members of the Group
Executive Team.

The members of the Group Executive Team are:

Kai Telanne, President and CEO (Chairman of the Group Executive Team)
Pekka Heinänen, Vice President, Human Resources (Group Human Resources)
Tuomas Itkonen, CFO (Group Finance)
Kari Juutilainen, Senior Vice President (Alma Regional Media)
Kari Kivelä, Publisher (Iltalehti)
Mikko Korttila, General Counsel (Legal Affairs, M&A, Corporate Development)
Juha-Petri Loimovuori, Senior Vice President (Kauppalehti Group)
Raimo Mäkilä, Senior Vice President (Marketplaces)
Minna Nissinen, Senior Vice President (Alma Diverso).

Rauno Heinonen, Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR, will continue
as the secretary of the Group Executive Team.

Jouko Jokinen, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Aamulehti, has resigned from the
Group Executive Team as of April 1, 2012 and continues as a member of the
Executive Team of Alma Aluemedia.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION
Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Communications and IR

For further information, please contact:
Kai Telanne, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 665 3500


Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy, principal media


Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a dynamic media company whose best-known products are Aamulehti,
Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs approximately 3,000
professionals. The company's net sales in 2011 totalled MEUR 316.2 with an
operating margin of 13.3 per cent. Alma Media's share (ALN1V) is listed in the
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange. Read more at
www.almamedia.com.


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