Sanoma Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Pekka Soini Appointed President of Sanoma News

Stock Exchange Release 24/9/2010  14:05

Pekka Soini, 53, has been appointed President of Sanoma News Ltd, head of the
Sanoma News division and member of Sanoma's Executive Management Group as of 24
September 2010.

Pekka Soini has served as Sanoma News' acting President and head of the Division
since 1 April 2010, at which time he also became a member of Sanoma's Executive
Management Group. Soini has worked for the daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat
since 1980 in different positions, last as President of Helsingin Sanomat
business unit.

Sanoma News is the leading newspaper publisher in Finland. In addition to
Helsingin Sanomat, the largest daily in the Nordic countries, Sanoma News
publishes Ilta-Sanomat, the largest tabloid in Finland and regional newspapers.
It is also a significant digital media player in Finland. For its corporate
customers, Sanoma News offers financial news and printing services.

Sanoma Corporation



Kim Ignatius
Chief Financial Officer

Additional information: Group Communications, tel. +358 105 19 5062 or
communications@sanoma.com

Sanoma.com

Sanoma inspires, informs and connects. As a diversified media group, we bring
information, experiences, education and entertainment to millions of people
every day. We make sure that quality content and interesting products and
services are easily available and meet the demands of our readers, viewers and
listeners. We offer a challenging and interesting working environment for
20,000 people in over 20 countries throughout Europe. In 2009, the Group's net
sales totalled EUR 2.8 billion.



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