What is "postimees"

Postimees (The Postman) is an Estonian daily newspaper established on January 1, 1857, by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. It became Estonia's first daily newspaper in 1891. Its current editor-in-chief is Merit Kopli. The paper has approximately 250 employees.

Postimees is published 6 days a week and has the largest circulation and readership not only in Estonia, but also in the Baltic region, with 55,000 copies bought weekdays and over 72,000 at weekends.

97% of the circulation is subscription-based, 3% sold. The weekend Postimees, published on Saturdays, brings the investigative journalism and weekend events to the readers. Included in the Saturday edition are AK (Arvamus ja Kultuur), Arter, and a television-guide.

The publisher of Postimees, AS Postimees is owned by Eesti Meedia Group (until the autumn of 2013 it was owned by Norwegian group Schibsted).