The newspaper has a complex history. The current form of the newspaper was first published in January 2003, when
Itä-Helsingin Uutiset merged with
MaTaPuPu which was first published in September 1981. The newspaper
Alueuutiset became a weekly supplement of
Helsingin Uutiset in 2005, until it was fully merged into
Helsingin Uutiset in 2006. The online readership of
Helsingin Uutiset has grown greatly in the 2010s and it is now part of the ten most-read news media in Finland. The paper newspaper originally had four local editions, until they were decreased to three and then to two. During Karri Kannala's period as editor the direction changed and the newspaper announced in November 2019 that it would return to local editions, of which there have been six since early 2020: east, northeast, southeast, central, west and downtown. At the same time the newspaper focuses on locality via news and topic journalism.
Helsingin Uutiset is the largest free newspaper in Finland in terms of number of readers. ==References==