Suomi24

Suomi24 is a Finnish internet forum and entertainment news website. As of 2020^[update], it was the largest internet forum in Finland.^[1]

History

The history of Suomi24 dates back to 1998, when the website was known as Sirkus.com.^[2] In 2000, Scandinavia Online Ab became the owner and the site was renamed Suomi24. In 2001, Eniro bought Scandinavia Online as part of the Eniro-group.^{[citation needed]} Since 2008, Suomi24 Oy has been independent company owned by Aller Media Oy, part of Danish company Aller Media, and Eniro.^[3] Aller sold Suomi24 to City Digital Group [fi] in 2019.^[4]

A corpus collected from the forums was made available for research in the Finnish Language Bank (Kielipankki) in 2015. The corpus consists of messages reaching back to 2001.^[5]

References

^ Lehti, Lotta; Luodonpää-Manni, Milla; Jantunen, Jarmo Harri; Kyröläinen, Aki-Juhani; Vesanto, Aleksi; Laippala, Veronika (2020). "Commenting on poverty online: A corpus-assisted discourse study of the Suomi24 forum" (PDF). SKY Journal of Linguistics. 37. Suomen kielitieteellinen yhdistys: 7–47.
^ "Sirkus on nyt Suomi24.fi". Tivi [fi] (in Finnish). Alma Media. 19 October 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto (2 June 2008). "Yrityskaupan hyväksyminen" (in Finnish).
^ "Suomi24.fi vaihtaa omistajaa". Taloussanomat (in Finnish). 17 December 2019.
^ Lagus, Krista; Pantzar, Mika; Ruckenstein, Minna; Ylisiura, Marjoriikka (May 2016). Suomi24: Muodonantoa aineistolle [Suomi24: Giving form to a corpus]. Valtiotieteellisen tiedekunnan julkaisuja (in Finnish). Vol. 10. University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/163190. ISBN 978-951-51-1066-4.