Editing Finland (section)

=== Media and communications ===
{{Main|Mass media in Finland}}

[[File:Sanomatalo - Helsinki - 13.9.2013.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sanomatalo]] houses several offices of newspapers and radio stations.]]
Today, there are around 200 [[List of newspapers in Finland|newspapers]], 320 popular magazines, 2,100 professional magazines, and 67 commercial radio stations. The largest newspaper is {{Lang|fi|[[Helsingin Sanomat]]}}, its circulation being 339,437 {{as of|2019|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=LT ja JT tarkastustilasto 2019 |trans-title=Circulation Statistics 2019 |url=https://mediaauditfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LT-tilasto-2019.pdf#page=2 |page=2 |date=5 August 2020 |publisher=Media Audit Finland |access-date=18 April 2023 |language=fi |archive-date=18 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418194635/https://mediaauditfinland.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LT-tilasto-2019.pdf#page=2 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Yle]], the Finnish Broadcasting Company, operates five [[Public broadcasting|television channels]] and thirteen radio channels. Each year, around 12,000 book titles are published.<ref name="Media moves">{{cite web |title=Media moves |url=http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=162833&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501141049/http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=162833&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=1 May 2011 |work=ThisisFINLAND (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland)}}</ref>

Thanks to its emphasis on transparency and equal rights, Finland's press has been rated the freest in the world.<ref>[http://www.newseum.org/news/2011/05/world-press-freedom.html 2010 Freedom of the Press Survey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105114819/http://newseum.org/news/2011/05/world-press-freedom.html |date=5 November 2011}} (Retrieved 4 May 2011).</ref> Worldwide, Finns, along with other Nordic peoples and the Japanese, spend the most time reading newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Press Trends: Newspapers Still Reach More Than Internet |url=http://www.wan-ifra.org/press-releases/2011/10/12/world-press-trends-newspapers-still-reach-more-than-internet |publisher=World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers |access-date=19 November 2012 |archive-date=23 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123093454/http://www.wan-ifra.org/press-releases/2011/10/12/world-press-trends-newspapers-still-reach-more-than-internet |url-status=dead }}</ref> In regards to [[Telecommunications in Finland|telecommunication infrastructure]], Finland is  ranked third, below the United States and Singapore in the Portulan Institute's [[Network Readiness Index]] (NRI) – an indicator for determining the development level of a country's information and communication technologies.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 2024 |title=NRI 2024 Edition – Press Release |url=https://networkreadinessindex.org/nri-2024-edition-press-release |access-date=30 March 2024 |publisher=Portulans Institute}}</ref>