Kaakon Viestintä

Kaakon Viestintä was a Finnish media company that published local newspapers. It was established in 2015 and ceased operations on 31 March 2025. From April 2019 the company was owned by the Keskisuomalainen media group; before that it belonged to the Länsi-Savo group. Following corporate acquisitions, some newspapers of Etelä-Suomen Media, which was part of the Keskisuomalainen group, were transferred to be published by Kaakon Viestintä. In autumn 2024 the Keskisuomalainen group announced an efficiency programme that reduced the number of its regional companies from five to three. As a consequence of these restructuring measures, Kaakon Viestintä ceased to exist at the beginning of April 2025. Its operations were divided between Päijänne Media and Savo-Karjalan Media. The company operated in the Finnish regional and local newspaper market, publishing titles that served readers in south-eastern Finland. Its ownership history reflects the consolidation of the Finnish regional media sector, in which independent local publishers were progressively absorbed into larger groups such as Länsi-Savo and later Keskisuomalainen. The brand is now defunct, and its former publications continue under the two successor regional media companies.

Kaakon Viestintä was founded in 2015 as a Finnish company publishing local newspapers. It initially belonged to the Länsi-Savo group. In April 2019, ownership passed to the Keskisuomalainen media group. After corporate acquisitions, some newspapers of Etelä-Suomen Media, which was part of the Keskisuomalainen group, were transferred to be published by Kaakon Viestintä. In autumn 2024, the Keskisuomalainen group announced an efficiency programme that reduced the number of its regional companies from five to three. As a result of these restructuring measures, Kaakon Viestintä ceased to exist at the beginning of April 2025, with its operations divided between Päijänne Media and Savo-Karjalan Media. The company was officially shut down on 31 March 2025. Before its closure in 2025, Kaakon Viestintä published a number of newspapers, though the specific titles are not listed in the available evidence. The brand is now defunct, and its former publications continue under the successor regional media companies.

• 2025

  Kaakon Viestintä ceased operations on 31 March; operations divided between Päijänne Media and Savo-Karjalan Media.

• 2024

  Keskisuomalainen group announced an efficiency programme reducing regional companies from five to three.

• 2019

  Ownership transferred from Länsi-Savo group to Keskisuomalainen media group in April.

• 2015

  Kaakon Viestintä founded as a Finnish local-newspaper publisher.

Regional and local newspaper publisher in south-eastern Finland, later integrated into the Keskisuomalainen media group.

Product categories. local newspapers · regional news media

1. 1Kaakon Viestintä – Wikipedia (Finnish)fi.wikipedia.org
2. 2Kaakon Viestintä – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Keskisuomalainen Media Oy – Keskisuomalainenkeskisuomalainen.com