Alma Media - Company Announcement

Finnish Competition Authority has referred Alma Media Corporation's and Arena Partners' cooperation to continued consideration

Alma Media Corporation     Stock Exchange Release     3 May 2010 at 4 p.m.


FINNISH COMPETITION AUTHORITY HAS REFERRED ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION'S AND ARENA
PARTNERS' COOPERATION TO CONTINUED CONSIDERATION

Alma Media Corporation announced on 29 March, 2010 that Alma Media Corporation
and the business development company Arena Partners Oy, owned jointly by five
newspaper publishers operating in Central Finland, will start cooperation in the
national classified advertising business. The deal was noted to be subject to
approval by the Finnish Competition Authority.

Alma Media has been informed today that the Finnish Competition Authority has
referred the arrangement to continued consideration. In continued consideration,
the Finnish Competition Authority may approve the arrangement as such, set terms
and conditions for its approval or propose that the Market Court rejects the
transaction. The continued consideration may last three months at most.


Alma Media Corporation
Rauno Heinonen
VP, Corporate Communications and IR


For additional information, please contact:
Mikko Korttila, General Councel, tel. 010 665 2201.

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, main media

Alma Media in brief
Alma Media is a profitable and internationally expanding company with a focus on
the future of newspapers and online services. Its best known products are the
Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com.

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


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