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"In 2008, I began working under the leadership of Ivan Tavrin in the Choose Radio group of companies, in 2013, at his invitation, I came to Kommersant. In 2016, Ivan Tavrin intends to focus on new projects and he invited me to participate in their implementation, "Komarova said. |
Maria Komarova took the post of general director of Kommersant Publishing House at the end of 2014. Prior to that, she was vice president of radio in the company and worked as editor-in-chief of the Kommersant-FM station.
Komarova decided in the spring of 2016 to go to work on the board of directors of UTV Holding (TV channels Yu, Disney, Muz-TV). The chairman of the board of directors of the holding is Ivan Tavrin.
For June 2021 - General Director of Gallery of the independent holding "Media-1."
2023: Appointment as CEO of Media1
On December 22, 2023, the group of companies Media1"," which includes the TV channels Muz TV"," "," "YU Sun" and the regional radio holding Choose Radio"," announced the appointment of Maria Komarova as the new general director of the holding. In this position, she replaced, Jan Kuhalski who led Media 1 for four years.
This is a very responsible and at the same time interesting task - to lead a group of companies now that technological changes are taking place in the industry, patterns of consumption in general and content in particular are changing, the media themselves are transforming, "Komarova said, commenting on her appointment as CEO of Media1. |
The reasons for the change of the head of the group and the further plans of Jan Kukhalsky by December 22, 2023. Kukhalsky himself, through the press service of the holding, only noted that "an important stage of work at Media1 has come to a logical conclusion."
I am grateful to everyone who was there along the way and allowed all business challenges to go through with decent and sustainable results. I wish Maria and the whole team success, business new opportunities, and our audience exciting media projects, - said Kukhalsky, who, before heading Media 1, was the director of new businesses and partnerships at Megafon and the general director of the Disney Channel in Russia. |
According to RBC, by the end of 2023, the beneficiary of Media1 is entrepreneur Ivan Tavrin, the owner of the investment company Kismet Capital Group (it owns Media1, as well as the largest shareholder of HeadHunter). On December 12, 2023, he and companies affiliated with him fell under American sanctions.[1]