Teemu Kangas-Kärki, CFO of Alma Media resigns



ALMA MEDIA CORP.       STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE        April 25, 2008
at 2 pm
 
 
 
TEEMU KANGAS-KÄRKI, CFO OF ALMA MEDIA RESIGNS
Mr. Teemu Kangas-Kärki, CFO and a member of the Corporate Executive
Team of Alma Media Corporation, has announced his resignation from
Alma Media as he has been appointed CFO of Fiskars Corporation. He
will leave Alma Media during October 2008 at the latest. Mr.
Kangas-Kärki has been CFO of Alma Media since 2003.
 "Teemu Kangas-Kärki has been in a significant role as we have
developed Alma Media into a focused newspaper and online media
company. He has renewed the finance management of Alma Media in a
consistent manner and implemented the necessary structural
arrangements in an upstanding way. I want to thank him as an
excellent team member and wish him all the best in his news
challenges", comments Mr. Kai Telanne, CEO of Alma Media Corporation.
 
The recruitment process for a new CFO will begin immediately.
 
 
Alma Media Oyj
Rauno Heinonen
VP, Corporate Communications and IR
 
 
DISTRIBUTION
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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