Trading of Alma Media Corporation's 2006A options begins

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT   APRIL 8, 2008,
at 14.45


TRADING OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION'S 2006A OPTIONS BEGINS

Trading of the 2006A options issued by Alma Media Corporation in 2006
will begin on the OMX Nordic Exchange (Helsinki) on April 10, 2008.

Each 2006A option entitles to the subscription of one (1) Alma Media
Corporation share (ALN1V) starting on April 1, 2008. A maximum total
of 440,000 shares can be subscribed with the 2006A options. The
subscription price is €5.58 per share.

The original number of 2006A options was 640,000, with 190,000
subsequently annulled. At the moment, the total number of options is
450,000, but 10,000 of them are in the possession of Alma Media
Corporation's subsidiary Karenstock Oy and will not be used for the
subscription of shares.

The subscription time for the 2006A options is April 1, 2008 to April
30, 2010. The subscription place for the 2006A options is Nordea
Pankki Suomi Oyj (Nordea Bank Finland Plc).

Basic information on the 2006A option of Alma Media Corporation:

Trading code: ALN1VEW106
ISIN code: FI0009630032
Lot size: 1
Exchange ratio: 1 (ALN1VEW106): 1 (ALN1V)

The increases of equity based on the share subscriptions are planned
to take place as follows in 2008:


Subscription deadline Trade register entry New shares listed
15.8.                 5.9.                 10.9.
1.12.                 17.12.               22.12.



The shares subscribed with the options entitle holders to dividends
after the shares have been registered.

More information:
Mikko Korttila, General Counsel, Alma Media Corp., tel. 010 665 2201.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR

ATTACHMENT: OPTIO-OHJELMAN 2006 EHDOT

DISTRIBUTION:
Helsinki Exchanges
Principal media

Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding
company that invests in the future of newspapers and the online
media. Its best known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti
and Etuovi.com.

Net sales in 2007 totalled EUR 329 million and the operating margin
was above 19 %. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment
of the OMX Nordic Exchange's Nordic List, trading code ALN1V. More
information at www.almamedia.fi