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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Mass media |
Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people |
Aleksandr Zharov, CEO Alexey Miller, Chairman |
Revenue | $126 million [1] (2017) |
$9.13 million [1] (Į) | |
$11 million [1] (2017) | |
Total assets | $75.4 million [1] (2017) |
Total equity | $24.4 million [1] (2017) |
Owner | Gazprom |
Parent | Gazprombank |
Subsidiaries | NTV, NTV Plus, Echo of Moscow, Rutube, Tribuna, GPM-Radio |
Website | www.gazprom-media.com |
Gazprom-Media ( Russian: ОАО Газпром-Медиа) is a Russian media holding company. Gazprom-Media was established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holdings. [2] It and its parent company are subsidiaries of Gazprom, a large Russian company founded in 1989, which carries on the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas. [3] [4] The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations.
In 2000 with pressure from Mikhail Lesin, Gazprom-Media acquired NTV, the only nationwide state-independent television in Russia at the time, as well as other media assets of Vladimir Gusinsky's Media Most group including the satellite operator NTV-plus, TNT-Teleset, the radio station Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvy), and the Seven days (publishing house) (Семь дней) publishing house, which raised a major controversy and resulted in considerable changes in their editorial policy. [4] [5] [6] [7]
After Gazprom-Media took over "Media Most" in 2000, Gazprom-Media received Filipp Bobkov's entire former KGB 5th directorate (Political police) [a] including all of its employees which was in the thousands, its database and the Bobkov founded security service that was accused of attempting an assassination in 1994 of Boris Berezovsky. [8] [9] The entire archive of 5th KGB Main Directorate was taken to Media-Most. [10] In 2000, Bobkov created the Institute for Strategic Assessments and Analysis (ISOA) ( Russian: Институт стратегических оценок и анализа (ИСОА)), a joint stock company (JSC), as a think tank successor to "Media Most"'s security department with the former head of KGB in Azerbaijan Vaqif Hüseynov ( Russian: Вагиф Алиовсат оглы Гусейнов, b. born November 27, 1942, Quba, Azerbaijan) the director of ISOA and from 2001 to 2002 Vladimir Zhizhin was chairman of the board. [11] [12] [b]
In 2005, Gazprom-Media purchased Izvestia, a leading nationwide newspaper. [4] In May 2008, Sergei Fursenko's National Media Group gained a 50.1% stake in Izvestia. [c]
For 37.22 billion rubles in August 2005, Gazprom-Media Holdings was sold to Gazprombank which in 2012 OJSC Gazprom owned a 41.73% stake in Gazprombank and NPF Gazfond owned a 46.92% stake in Gazprom. [4] [2] [15] As of 2012, most of the stake in Yuri Shamalov's associated Gazfond is managed by Anatoly Gavrilenko's Leader (management company) ( Russian: ЗАО «Лидер») a management company which is part of the SOGAZ insurance group which is controlled by the Vladimir Putin associated Rossiya Bank which has Yuri Kovalchuk as its largest shareholder. [2] [15] [16] In March 2014, Rossiya Bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gasfond which owns a 45% stake in Lider. [15] As of November 2014, Gasfond is the largest shareholder in Gazprombank which controls Gazprom-Media. [15] [d]
Source: [21]
See section Телевидение, власть и капитал (Television, power and capital) on page 5.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Mass media |
Founded | 1998 |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
Key people |
Aleksandr Zharov, CEO Alexey Miller, Chairman |
Revenue | $126 million [1] (2017) |
$9.13 million [1] (Į) | |
$11 million [1] (2017) | |
Total assets | $75.4 million [1] (2017) |
Total equity | $24.4 million [1] (2017) |
Owner | Gazprom |
Parent | Gazprombank |
Subsidiaries | NTV, NTV Plus, Echo of Moscow, Rutube, Tribuna, GPM-Radio |
Website | www.gazprom-media.com |
Gazprom-Media ( Russian: ОАО Газпром-Медиа) is a Russian media holding company. Gazprom-Media was established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holdings. [2] It and its parent company are subsidiaries of Gazprom, a large Russian company founded in 1989, which carries on the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas. [3] [4] The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations.
In 2000 with pressure from Mikhail Lesin, Gazprom-Media acquired NTV, the only nationwide state-independent television in Russia at the time, as well as other media assets of Vladimir Gusinsky's Media Most group including the satellite operator NTV-plus, TNT-Teleset, the radio station Echo of Moscow (Ekho Moskvy), and the Seven days (publishing house) (Семь дней) publishing house, which raised a major controversy and resulted in considerable changes in their editorial policy. [4] [5] [6] [7]
After Gazprom-Media took over "Media Most" in 2000, Gazprom-Media received Filipp Bobkov's entire former KGB 5th directorate (Political police) [a] including all of its employees which was in the thousands, its database and the Bobkov founded security service that was accused of attempting an assassination in 1994 of Boris Berezovsky. [8] [9] The entire archive of 5th KGB Main Directorate was taken to Media-Most. [10] In 2000, Bobkov created the Institute for Strategic Assessments and Analysis (ISOA) ( Russian: Институт стратегических оценок и анализа (ИСОА)), a joint stock company (JSC), as a think tank successor to "Media Most"'s security department with the former head of KGB in Azerbaijan Vaqif Hüseynov ( Russian: Вагиф Алиовсат оглы Гусейнов, b. born November 27, 1942, Quba, Azerbaijan) the director of ISOA and from 2001 to 2002 Vladimir Zhizhin was chairman of the board. [11] [12] [b]
In 2005, Gazprom-Media purchased Izvestia, a leading nationwide newspaper. [4] In May 2008, Sergei Fursenko's National Media Group gained a 50.1% stake in Izvestia. [c]
For 37.22 billion rubles in August 2005, Gazprom-Media Holdings was sold to Gazprombank which in 2012 OJSC Gazprom owned a 41.73% stake in Gazprombank and NPF Gazfond owned a 46.92% stake in Gazprom. [4] [2] [15] As of 2012, most of the stake in Yuri Shamalov's associated Gazfond is managed by Anatoly Gavrilenko's Leader (management company) ( Russian: ЗАО «Лидер») a management company which is part of the SOGAZ insurance group which is controlled by the Vladimir Putin associated Rossiya Bank which has Yuri Kovalchuk as its largest shareholder. [2] [15] [16] In March 2014, Rossiya Bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gasfond which owns a 45% stake in Lider. [15] As of November 2014, Gasfond is the largest shareholder in Gazprombank which controls Gazprom-Media. [15] [d]
Source: [21]
See section Телевидение, власть и капитал (Television, power and capital) on page 5.
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