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Alma Media's Annual Report 2009 published


Alma Media Corporation Stock Exchange Release March 2, 2010 at 13.20

ALMA MEDIA'S ANNUAL REPORT 2009 PUBLISHED

The Annual Report 2009 of Alma Media Corporation has been published today. A
printable pdf file is available on Alma Media's
websitewww.almamedia.fi/financial_reports<http://www.almamedia.fi/financial_reports>. The Annual Report 2009 is available
in Finnish and in English.

The printed Annual Report will be sent to those who subscribe it via Alma
Media's website, www.almamedia.fi/subscriptions<http://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's Corporate Governance Statement is included in the Annual Report. In
addition, the company published it separately in connection with the Financial
Statement Release on February 12, 2010.



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 profitable and internationally expanding company with a focus on
the future of newspapers and online media. Its best known products are the
Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com.

Alma Media's net sales in 2009 totalled MEUR 307.8 with an operating margin of
13.5 per cent. The company's share (ALN1V) is listed in the NASDAX OMX Helsinki
Exchange. Read more at www.almamedia.fi <http://www.almamedia.fi/>.



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