Lenta.ru

Performance Indicators

Week audience of Lenta.ru in January, 2015, according to TNS, 4.2 million unique users.

With spring of 2014 in Lenta.ru 84 employees worked.

Lenta. Ru LLC in 2013.

• Revenue — 238.5 million rubles.
• Net profit — 16.8 million rub

Expenses of Lenta.ru in 2012 made about 100 million rubles, told Vedomosti the former top manager of ProfMedia (this holding managed before Lenta.ru)^[1].

History

2020: The former top manager of Gazprom Media became the owner of 80% of perimeter of media of Rambler

On November 10, 2020 there was information on what Median" (owns 80% Рамблер&Ко LLC through which Rambler Group manages the internet- MEDIA including Lenta.ru, "Gazeta.ru", "Чемпионат.com", etc.) since November 9 belongs To Sergey Shishkin to the former managing director of entertaining division "Gazprom Media". It follows from data of the USRLE. As the result, Sergey Shishkin became the owner of 80% of perimeter of media of Sber. In more detail here.

2016: A. Belonovsky becomes the Chief Editor instead of A. Goreslavsky

In February, 2016 it was announced that Alexander Belonovsky is appointed the Chief Editor of Lenta.ru. He released Alexey Goreslavsky from this duty.

2014: Mamut dismisses the editor-in-chief Timchenko, the result of edition

In March, 2014 58 employees of Lenta.ru from 94 left the edition after discharge from a position of the Chief Editor Galina Timchenko who worked on this post of 10 years and appointment to her position of Alexey Goreslavsky. Personnel decisions were made by the shareholder of SUP-Afisha-Rambler holding Alexander Mamut.

Part of the workers who submitted the withdrawal letter left edition on March 24, the others — on March 31.

According to Izvestia, the ex-chief of the heading "Internet and Media" Konstantin Benyumov got to new work, now he heads the online edition Therunet.com belonging to owners of "Russian Association for Electronic Communications" (RAEC) non-profit organization. The portal never had a Chief Editor, and Benyumov on this position should lead it into the lead among editions which write about the Internet and IT technologies, the chief executive of RAEC Sergey Grebennikov tells.

— There are many persons interested to read about the Internet, IT technologies and business. We know that the Digit portal will cease to exist soon, so, Therunet.com will be able to take the powerful place in the market of media which report it — Grebennikov considers.

The former head of the heading "Economy" Alexander Polivanov came to work in Vedomosti. He became the deputy managing director of the website of Vedomosti.

— My job responsibilities are not defined yet. We just discuss them — Polivanov comments.

The department of special correspondents which left Lenta.ru in full strength found a job almost completely, the being deputy chief of department Alexander Artemyev reports.

— I and Svetlana passed Reuters into RBC. Ilya Azar went on Echo of Moscow, the special correspondent Andrey Kozenko — to Znak.com, and Daniil Turovsky — on freelance — Artemyev says.

Two more journalists of Tape, according to Izvestia, will write for Forbes.

The new Chief Editor of Lenta.ru Alexey Goreslavsky says that 36 people from the old structure of the editorial office continue to work in Tape.

— Entirely there was a department Former USSR (four persons) and also journalists of commercial special projects. They perfectly feel and work. While the technical department works, I do not know whether they will continue work further. The sales department remained. Plus on one person in department Culture, Science, two persons in Sport and others — Goreslavsky explains.

However, according to former employees, some of the members of the editorial office continuing to work in Tape are ready to leave the edition as soon as to them worthy offers on work arrive.

In plans of the new editor-in-chief in three months completely to recover the editorial state and to employ about 15 journalists.

— We already employed in Tape of 10 novostnik. On average in day we make out 2–3 persons for work — Goreslavsky^[2] says^[2].

The position of the deputy editor-in-chief of the edition was taken by Alexander Belonovsky since 2000 working in RBC holding, the last years — as the deputy CEO of holding. Earlier Belonovsky declared to Izvestia the plans to move to Ukraine, for work to the colleague from RBC Yury Rovensky. In 2013 Rovensky headed the Ukrainian media holding "VETEK of Media" which is owned by the oligarch Sergey Kurchenko, disgraced in Ukraine.

The current editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru 36-year-old Alexey Goreslavsky, a half of employees of the edition refused work with whom, before appointment to this post managed online projects of ""Afisha-Rambler-SUP"" holding. Before arrival to holding Goreslavsky worked as the editor of department of policy and economy of the newspaper "Top secret. The version", the director of service of online projects of Interfax, was an editor-in-chief of online edition "Vz.ru".

In Goreslavsky's holding Alexander Mamut invited. Goreslavsky's arrival to holding took place almost right after Mamut (SUP Media: Gazeta.ru, LiveJournal.com, "Чемпионат.com", Quto.ru and Redigo.ru) and Vladimir Potanin (ProfMedia: Poster, Lenta.ru and Rambler.ru enter) announced consolidation of media assets.

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