Alma Media Corporation: Statutory personnel negotiations concerning the future of Alma Manu's Rovaniemi newspaper printing facility concluded

Alma Media Corporation Stock Exchange Release, 26 April 2013 at 4:30 p.m. (EEST)

STATUTORY PERSONNEL NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF ALMA MANU'S ROVANIEMI
NEWSPAPER PRINTING FACILITY CONCLUDED

The statutory personnel negotiations started in January by Alma Media's printing
and distribution company, Alma Manu Oy, concerning the future of its Rovaniemi
newspaper printing facility have been concluded. As a result of the negotiations
that concerned the entire staff of the Rovaniemi printing facility and mailing
department, the company is discontinuing its printing operations in Rovaniemi by
the end of March 2014.

The discontinuation of the Rovaniemi printing facility will result in all of the
unit's printing and mailing employees, 23 persons in total, being made
redundant. The redundancies will take effect in March 2014. Alma Manu will
provide re-employment training and support to the employees affected.

Due to the discontinuation of the print, Alma Media will record a non-recurring
cost of approximately EUR 3 million for the second quarter of 2013. This
consists mainly of impairment losses of tangible assets.

The decision to close the Rovaniemi printing facility down is due to the
company's general objective of improving the efficiency of printing operations
and ensuring its future competitiveness and vitality. The decision on the future
printing facility of Alma Media's printed regionals, Lapin Kansa and Pohjolan
Sanomat, as well as several city and local papers will be made during spring.
The changes will not have an impact on publications.

-The development of Lapin Kansa as the region's number one media will continue.
Changing the printing facility does not affect the journalistic content or the
reader service of Lapin Kansa, Pohjolan Sanomat or other papers printed in
Rovaniemi, says Matti Posio, the Editor-in-Chief of Lapin Kansa.

In 2012, Alma Manu employed a total of some 1,090 people in Pirkanmaa, Satakunta
and Lapland. Of these, approximately 930 were newspaper delivery employees.


ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

For more information, please contact: Helvi Liukkaala, Managing Director,
Alma Manu Oy, tel. +358 10 665 3009

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Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a media company focusing on digital services and publishing. In
addition to news services, the company's products provide useful information
related to lifestyle, career and business development. The services of Alma
Media have expanded from Finland to the Nordic countries, the Baltics and
Central Europe. The company employs approximately 1,900 professionals (excluding
distributors), of which over 20% work outside Finland. Alma Media's revenue in
2012 totalled approximately MEUR 320. Alma Media's share is listed in the NASDAQ
OMX Helsinki. Read more at www.almamedia.com 

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