Gazeta.ru

Gazeta.Ru (part of the Rambler & Co media holding), one of the most visited Russian media with an average monthly audience of more than 10 million people (according to Mediascope, 2021).

Performance indicators

In February 2014, Gazeta.Ru surpassed the record set by it in December 2013 for the number of unique users: 15,996,559 against 12,587,996 people.

The greatest interest of readers in February was the online broadcasts from Kiev, news and operational reports on the situation in Ukraine, as well as materials covering the Olympics.

As of the end of 2011, Gazeta.Ru was one of the three most popular news resources of ^[1] runet^[2].

According to the TNS Web Index, the daily audience of the publication in May 2008 was 116 thousand people, revenue in 2007 was estimated at about $5 million^[3].

Editors-in-Chief

• Mikhailin Mikhail Anatolyevich - from January 2006 to July 2010
• Kotov Mikhail Yuryevich - from July 2010 to March 2013 of the year ^[4]}}.
• Lolaeva Svetlana Parisievna - since March 2013.

History

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

On November 10, 2020, information appeared that LLC Median"" (owns 80%, "Rabbler & Co through which Rambler Group it manages its own - InternetMEDIA including Lenta.ru Gazeta.Ru, Чемпионат.com, etc.) has been owned by Sergey Shishkin the former managing director of the entertainment division" "since November 9. Gazprom Media This follows from the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. As a result, Sergey Shishkin became the owner of 80% of the perimeter of the Sber media. More. here

2013: Glavred Kotov leaves due to conflict with director Sergeyev

On March 4, 2013, Mikhail Kotov announced that he was resigning as editor-in-chief of Газеты.ру. Kotov himself did not name the reasons for his resignation. However, Dmitry Sergeev, executive director of Газеты.ру and Чемпионат.com, said that the journalist was not satisfied with the redistribution of powers between them and the transition of the editorial board, as well as the marketing and commercial service, to the direct control of the executive director. A number of former editors-in-chief and employees of Газеты.ру noted that this situation in the publication is contrary to the law on the media.

After Kotov's dismissal, rumors went on social networks about the upcoming reduction in the staff of "Газеты.ру" and about investors' dissatisfaction with the publication's excessive oppositionism. Dmitry Sergeev, however, in the commentary "Ленте.ру" denied this information.

On the afternoon of March 6, 2013, a scandal erupted over the video project "Газеты.ру" "Subject Conversation": its author Maria Tsybulskaya said that the planning of the transfer was temporarily suspended due to the owners' dissatisfaction with the release with journalist Yuri Saprykin, in which Putin's ratings and "swamp business" were discussed. Dmitry Sergeev said this that the project was not suspended, only a possible increase in the number of presenters was discussed. When asked about dissatisfaction with "opposition" topics, he noted:

"I am not interested in words at all, I am more interested in business. And from the point of view of business, this transfer is unprofitable. "

2008: Sup gets 100% control over "Газетой.ру"

In June 2008, the Kommersant publishing house of Alisher Usmanov and the owners of the company "SOUP" exchanged assets. Kommersant received up to 50% of SUPa, in turn, SOUP became the owner of 100% of Gazeta.Ru. ^[3]

2006: Usmanov buys Company Secret ID for $50 million

In 2006, entrepreneur Alisher Usmanov, through the Kommersant Publishing House, bought the Secret of the Company publishing house for $50 million. ^[5]. Part of the deal was the right to rent a huge estate in the center of Moscow.

The annual turnover of the Газеты.ру at the time of the transaction was $6.5 million.^[6]. The value of Gazeta.Ru in the transaction was about $20 million. Газета.ру was unprofitable, but there was a good promoted brand. And it was bought not as a business, but for obvious political reasons.

2005: Borodulin sells "Газету.ру" in the ID "Secret of the company"

Until 2005, 100% of the shares of the publication belonged to the chief editor of the Kommersant publishing house Vladislav Borodulin, who in November 2005 sold them to the Secret of the Company publishing house. As of 2005, the weekly audience of the site totaled more than 350 thousand visitors.

1999: Launch of the Газеты.ру and sale of the publication in Yukos

The first edition with this title began work in February 1999 as a project of the Effective Policy Fund under the leadership of Anton Nosik. In September 1999, Вести.ру and Лента.ру editions were created on the basis of the project, and the Gazeta.Ru brand was sold to Yukos, which created a new edition under it, headed by Vladislav Borodulin.^[7]

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