Riitta Korhonen has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of ET-lehti as of 15 February. She has been the magazine’s Editorial Manager since last spring.Riitta Korhonen (57) has extensive experience of the magazine and newspaper world. She joined Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines, in spring 2011 from Talentum Media, where she was a development manager. She previously worked as a journalist and editorial manager at Talouselämä for many years and was editor-in-chief of Pirkka for four years. Riitta Korhonen began her career at Kauppalehti, where she served both as a journalist and news manager.Riitta Korhonen has written various books on management and food and edited a number of company histories. Communications professionals voted her Journalist of the Year in 2006. Riitta Korhonen studied sociology at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and communications at the University of Helsinki.ET-lehti is one of Finland’s largest magazines, with 735,000 readers and a circulation of 237,265. The magazine’s women readers spend an average of 108 minutes reading every issue.“It’s exciting to have the chance to develop a magazine that engages such a broad, demanding, and steadily growing readership,” says Riitta Korhonen. “As we go forward, we will be focusing on strong stories and strong visuals. ET-lehti has been a real success story on the Finnish magazine market and I very much believe that the magazine has a bright future ahead of it.”“Producing a successful magazine brand calls for constant analysis and keeping on top of the latest developments and trends, and these are precisely the strengths that Riitta Korhonen has shown that she has over her career,” says Riitta Pollari, Sanoma Magazines’ Publisher, Magazines. “ET-lehti is one of our flagship titles and the undisputed number one in its segment, and we plan on investing heavily in its on-going development.”ET-lehti’s previous Editor-in-Chief, Maija Toppila, took over as Editor-in-Chief of Glorian Antiikki at the beginning of February.Further information:Publisher Riitta Polari, Magazines, tel. +358 (0)9 120 5305Editor-in-Chief Riitta Korhonen, ET-lehti, tel. +358 (0)9 120 5415ET-lehti is Finland’s leading title dedicated to senior readers and encourages them to get the most out of life through an exciting range of articles to help them do just that. ET-lehti has 735,000 readers (NRS Reader S2010/K2011) and a circulation of 237,265 (FABC Circulation Statistics 2010). The title is part of the portfolio of Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines Finland.