Panu Hörkkö plans to continue as a paparazzi, even though he left Seiska

Seiska magazine worked as a journalist at Aller Media for a long time Panu Hörkkö says that there is no drama involved in his departure. He has left the magazine of his own free will.

“I haven’t actually been to Seiska since September. I’m not leaving Paparazzi’s work, and there will be some big news from its team in the next few weeks,” says Hörkkö.

“It was a good moment to jump off the squirrel wheel.”

Hörkkö tells In a video interview with Ilta-Sanomi and HSthat Seiska was his dream job, but more interesting projects made him quit.

Now he works as a promoter of the Immun Fight Club fighting organization. Hörkkö says he will also write a biography and the book series “paparazzi’s memoirs”.

Hörkkö shed light on his situation at a press conference held at the Helsinki Ice Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

The occasion the purpose was primarily to inform about the wrestling night organized at the end of March, where a media personality and a former criminal will fight Mika ”Immu” Ilmén as well as a reality TV star and wellness coach Aki Manninen. The event is organized by Immun Fight Club, an organization founded by Ilmén. The invitation to the event was sent by Hörkkö.

According to the trade register, Ilmén and Hörkkö founded a company called Gangstakuiskaaja oy in August 2025. Both are members of the company’s board and each owns 50 percent of the company’s shares.

According to the trade register, the company engages in, among other things, publishing and organizing sports events, as well as producing electronic online services, television series and podcasts.

According to HS information, the television channel Nelonen is making a television series about Immun Fight Club.

Hörkkö said at Tuesday’s press conference that one of the main industries of the company founded in August is book publishing. Both Ilmén’s books and Hörkö’s future books are published through the company.

Twenty or so Panu Hörkkö, who worked at Seiska for years, has often been called Finland’s only paparazzi.

In 2024 HS reports About Seiska’s and also Panu Hörkö’s extraordinary methods of digging entertainment cups.

Since last fall, no more articles or pictures have appeared in Seiska in Hörkö’s name. Hörkön and Tuomas Enbusken joint podcast.

Hörkö’s termination of employment was the first to break the news last Friday MTV News. On Monday Ilta-Sanomat said that he had taken over Seiska’s editor-in-chief Jyrki Huotarin on the same day, an e-mail message sent to the staff of Seiska and Katso magazine, in which the matter was confirmed. According to the message, Hörkö’s employment had ended, as he had become an entrepreneur.

Huotari communicated to HS on Friday that he cannot comment on employment matters related to an individual person.

The TV channel Nelonen and HS belong to the Sanoma Group. Enbuske and Hörkö’s podcast was previously published by Supla, which is also part of Sanoma.

Addendum 27.1. at 3:43 p.m.: Added information about Hörkö’s future and the reason for leaving Seiska.