Markkinointi & Mainonta

{{Short description|Finnish marketing magazine (1994–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| company = Alma Talent

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Markkinointi & Mainonta, abbreviated as M&M, ({{langx|fi|Marketing and Advertising}}) was a marketing magazine based in Helsinki, Finland. It was in circulation between 1994 and 2020.

History and profile

M&M was started in 1994 by a group, including Kim Weckström, a Finnish entrepreneur.{{cite news|author=Ossi Kurki-Suonio

|title=Amazon's secretive launch took the Swedes with a surprise|url=https://www.avaus.com/press-release/amazons-secretive-launch-took-the-swedes-with-such-a-surprise-that-kauppalehti-got-a-scoop-before-the-swedish-media-is-the-opening-going-to-be-a-dud-after-all/|access-date=25 August 2021|work=Kauppalehti|date=November 2020}} Weckström was the founding editor of the magazine.{{cite news|author=Kim Weckström|title=Näin Markkinointi & Mainonta -lehti syntyi|work=Kauppalehti|date=27 December 2020|url=https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/nain-markkinointi-mainonta-sai-alkunsa-vuonna-1994-parin-oluen-jalkeen-jokainen-puhui-suunsa-puhtaaksi/6d0e6770-ed51-4545-9a45-6e15e6ff6f92| language=fi|access-date=24 November 2023}} M&M was first owned by Talentum.{{cite news|title=M&M ja Tietoviikko harventavat ilmestymistään|work=Yle Uutiset|date=21 September 2009|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-5884821|language=fi|access-date=24 November 2023}} Later it became part of Alma Talent.{{cite news|title=Markkinointi & Mainonta lakkautetaan|date=19 November 2020

|language=fi|url=https://www.mrktng.fi/markkinointiuutiset/markkinointi-mainonta-lakkautetaan/|access-date=25 August 2021|work=MRKTNG}}

M&M came out weekly between its start in 1994 and 2009. Then it appeared on a biweekly basis. As of 2009 Heimo Hatakka was the editor-in-chief of the magazine.{{cite news|author=Matti Markkola|title=Mediakyttä: Markkinointi ja mainonta lakkautetaan – katso kuvat|access-date=25 August 2021|language=fi|url=https://ylioppilaslehti.fi/2009/03/mediakytta-markkinointi-ja-mainonta-lakkautetaan-–-katso-kuvat/|work=Ylioppilaslehti|date=6 March 2009}}

The target audience of M&M was marketing professionals, including the managers and decision makers in the field.{{cite web

|url=https://www.internationalmediasales.net/international/portfolio/detail/markkinointi%20mainonta/|title=Facts|access-date=25 August 2021

|publisher=G+J|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001074353/https://www.internationalmediasales.net/international/portfolio/detail/markkinointi%20mainonta/}} The magazine published annual lists such as Top 300 brands.{{cite book|editor=Craig Carroll|title=Corporate Reputation and the News Media: Agenda-setting Within Business News Coverage in Developed, Emerging, and Frontier Markets|publisher=Routledge|year=2010|isbn=978-1-135-25244-1|location=London; New York|author=Vilma Luoma-Aho|chapter=Corporate reputation and the news media in Finland|display-authors=et. al.

|page=48|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2iNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48}} The editors of the magazine joined a jury members in the Epica contest on Europe's best advertising.{{cite book|author=Richard Hogqvist|title=Epica Book 23: Europe's Best Advertising|publisher=AVA Publishing SA|year=2010|location=Singapore|isbn=978-2-88479-108-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPzUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9|page=9}} The last edition of the magazine appeared on 18 December 2020.{{cite news|author=Tero Kartastenpää|title=Markkinointi & Mainonta meni nettiin ennen muita ja keräsi alan juorut juottamalla olutta juhlissa: Nyt ilmestyi lehden viimeinen numero, ja se on lähinnä surullinen| work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=18 December 2020|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007691465.html|language=fi|access-date=24 November 2023}} The parent company, Alma Talent, also closed two other magazines, Metallitekniikka and Tekniikan Historia.

M&M sold 3,500 copies in 2018.

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