CNews

CNews is the largest publication in the field of high technology in Russia and the CIS countries. The CNews.ru website was created in 2000 on the basis of the Hi-Tech News feed of RIA RosBusinessConsulting and quickly gained recognition from IT industry professionals and a wide readership.

CNews specialization - operational news and analytical materials of the world of high technology, covering the state of the Russian and foreign markets of computer equipment, software, informatization and automation, e-commerce and telecommunications, the gaming industry. The attention of CNews includes technological innovations, interesting projects, the financial side of IT companies' business, industry development trends, and recent scientific developments.

Audience

Audience of sites covering corporate digitalization, IT-Business, telecom market, information security, as well as one business media for comparison

New attendance records: 275 thousand people per day and 3.31 million visits per month

Projects

• Internet portal cnews.ru;
• CNews Analytics - research group (articles, ratings, market reviews and reviews, custom research);
• CNews Conferences - organization and holding of seminars, press conferences, round tables;
• ZOOM.CNews - digital technology portal;

History

2019: The Federation Council writes the CNews magazine

At the beginning of 2019, RBC found out which print media are written out in the Presidential Administration, the Government and the Parliament of Russia. Among the media that subscribed in the upper house was a publication on high technology CNews. ^[1]

2016: RBC put up for sale the CNews portal for $1 million

RBC Holding put up for sale online media Cnews (legal entity SiNews.Ru LLC), which specializes in covering events in the field of telecommunications, information technology and software. This was reported to Izvestia by several sources familiar with the company's plans. The press service of RBC confirmed this information. The Izvestia interlocutor said that investors interested in buying the publication already have, but did not talk about who they are. Investors see CNews as a market-famous product that can make money. At the same time, the sale cost of this asset is quite low - about $1 million. Finam Group of Companies believes that this is the fair value of the company^[2].

2014

Combining R&D, Games and Soft based on ZOOM.CNews

In 2014, R & D.CNews, Gams.CNews and Soft.CNews projects were merged and became part of ZOOM.CNews.

Monthly audience 1.89 million people

According to TNS, the monthly audience of CNews.ru in May 2014 was 1.89 million people. The average number of readers per day is 116 thousand people.

2012: Interview/podcast of the editor-in-chief on the history and development of the publication

In the Runetology program, CNews editor-in-chief Maxim Kazak spoke about the history of the publication's creation, the market for specialized media from the point of view of business and from the point of view of journalism, the prospects of the Russian IT industry, CNews FORUM, how the CNews.ru is arranged from the inside, as well as much more.

2011: Audience - 1.6 million people per month

The daily audience of CNews is 150 thousand, the monthly - 1.6 million people (January 2011 data). Basis of audience of CNews - heads, managers, qualified specialists.

• December 20, 2011, Executive Director of Oneksim Group Sergey Lavrukhin:^[3]

• Is there any interest in social networks?

• We do not plan investments in social networks yet, we ourselves are trying to develop industry communities. We have a Cnews.ru project, inside it - a community for IT professionals. By developing it, we can say that this is a special blog where specialists can communicate.

2010: Daily audience of 150 thousand people, monthly - 1.6 million

In 2010, the publication showed growth in all main indicators.

"2010 is the best year in the ten-year history of CNews, both in terms of financial results and editorial results," says Eduard Ercola, director of CNews. "We managed to implement many interesting projects, increase the size and improve the quality of the audience."

The daily audience of CNews is 150 thousand, the monthly - 1.6 million people. A striking indicator of the authority of CNews is the index of citation of publication materials on the Internet. According to Yandex, CNews is among Runet's leaders in this indicator, remaining in this list the only specialized media among socio-economic publications.

"The world is changing and CNews is trying to meet the new needs of the audience," said Maxim Kazak, editor-in-chief of CNews. - Our competitive advantage is that a significant proportion of CNews content is unique. We spend a lot of resources on searching and processing information, we are not afraid to raise sharp topics and conduct objective investigations on them. Our task is to remain a mirror in which the ICT market is reflected without distortion. "

After a pause in 2008-2009. the edition of the publication is growing again. The CNews team today has about 100 people. The increase in the number of authors, editors, analysts made it possible to increase the number of materials.

In 2010, CNews published more than 14.5 thousand news reports (an average of more than 60 news per day). This is 33% higher than in 2009.

CNews Analytics produced 23 ratings and 13 analytical reviews during the same period. 316 articles were published, the increase in their number compared to 2009 was 39%. The Agency has carried out research for large government and commercial entities.

The ZOOM.CNews project published about 300 articles, reviews and tests last year. The editors of the portal were the first in Russia to test 20 devices. Readers of ZOOM.CNews could get acquainted with the Apple iPad tablet already next day after its emergence in the American retail.

The paper magazine CNews has become the most popular publication in the number of copies written in the relevant ministry - the Ministry of Communications. In addition, the editors decided to open free access to PDF versions of all numbers.

The SOFT.CNews project received a new impetus - the software catalog was updated, the possibility of buying software was added.

In 2010, the CNews Conferences Business Communications Agency held 36 events - conferences and round tables. The total number of participants exceeded 3,500 people. In addition, in November 2010, CNews FORUM was held - the largest Russian event dedicated to information technology. About 1000 people participated in the forum, including officials responsible for the development of IT in the public sector, CIO of the largest Russian enterprises, and heads of IT companies.

A new direction, which received a noticeable development in 2010, was content outsourcing. CNews prepares information materials not only for its own projects, but also for large commercial and government customers.

2010 was a record-breaking prize for our readers: one person won a new Ford Focus car, dozens won laptops, two received tablet computers iPad, several communicators and many other valuable gifts were played.

In 2011, we will begin to use new forms of interaction with the audience, which will allow CNews to remain the undisputed market leader.

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