Alma Media - Changes board/management/auditors

Tuomas Itkonen appointed CFO at Alma Media

Alma Media Corporation   Stock Exchange Release   6 August 2008 at
13.00

TUOMAS ITKONEN APPOINTED CFO AT ALMA MEDIA

Tuomas Itkonen (39), M. Sc. (Econ.), has been appointed CFO of Alma
Media. He will also join Alma Media's Group Executive Team and will
report to Alma Media's President and CEO Kai Telanne.

Currently Tuomas Itkonen works at Altia Corporation as CFO and a
member of the management team. Prior to that, he held several
managerial positions at Nokia Networks, including the position of
Director, Finance and Control in the Radio Networks business unit.

Tuomas Itkonen will start at Alma Media in the beginning of November
at the latest. The current CFO of Alma Media, Teemu Kangas-Kärki, has
been appointed CFO at Fiskars Corporation.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION
Corporate Communications

For further information, please contact:

Kai Telanne, Alma Media Corporation, tel. +358 10 665 3500
Tuomas Itkonen, tel. +358 400 379 966


Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a profitably growing 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 2007 totalled EUR 329 million and the operating margin
was over 19%. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of
the OMX Exchange's Nordic List, trading code ALN1V.

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