Media Moguls in Russia

Main TV channels in the 90’s

Two were the property of the state

Channel 1

Channel Russia TV

Three belonged to oligarchs

NTV

TNT

TV-6

Russian media through the XXth century

1917-1990• USSR• All Media

belong to the State.

1990-1998• Perestroika (

of Capitalism)• Oligarchs take

power of media.

1998-2008• Putin’s

presidential era• Majority of

media under control of the state.

Main media holdingsVGTRK•State owned•Russia TV channel, Vesti TV channel, Culture TV channel, RIA Novosti, State Internet channel, Sport TV channel, Vesti.ru, Radio of Russia, Radio Mayak, Evronovosti, RTR-planet, Voice of Russia, Vesti FM, Radio Orfei, Sport-planet

Gazprom media•Subsidiary of Gazprom, owned by state•NTV, NTV plus, TNT, Radio Next, First Popular radio, Echo of Moscow, Tribuna, Izvestia, Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Prof-media•Belongs to Potanin, russian oligarch.•TV 3,MTV Russia, Avtoradio, Lenta.ru, Rambler Media, Humor FM, Publishing House Afishan Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Media moguls

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What was in the upper left corner ? Some media depend on foreign governments…

Radio Svoboda

…Some belong to foreign private companies…

Sanoma Media

… One belongs to journalists

Novaya Gazeta

Useful information for future journalists

The Novaya Gazeta is probably not the safest place to work, here are some facts about the journalists of the newspaper:

Anna Politkovskaya (killed)

Viktor Popkov (killed)

Igor Domnikov (killed)

Svetlana Orlyk (killed)