Media structure in Russia

by Elizaveta Golousova Ural Federal University, Department of Journalism

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RussiaPopulation - 141,930,000 (2011), Capital – MoscowConstitutional Republic

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Yekaterinburgfourth-largest city in Russia

Population – 1 million and 350 000

Challenges and choices Russian media

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Key figures in media-business in Russia Traditions vs. reality Popular trends

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Vladimir Putin (President of the Russian Federation)

Russian Media - Modern Age

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1985-1991 – ‘’glasnost’’ or ‘’golden age’’ of mass media in Russia

1997-1999 – oligarchical pluralism

1992-1996 – ‘’wild market‘’ or ‘’gilt’’ age of the Russian media

2000-2008 – commercialization and professionalization

2009-up to present time – digitalization or terra incognita

«Ogoniok» («little flame»)

Founded in 1899, the magazine gained its popularity in the Perestroika years. It was headed by Vitaly Korotich

“Ogoniok” cover page, 1974

The most popular TV-programs:

«Vzglyad» («a view»), «600 seconds», «Before and After

midnight»

Pole chudes - “Field of wonders”(1990)

• a TV show of the new type

• Russian analogue of American “Wheel of Fortune”

• Vlad Listyev - charismatic anchor

New type of media appears

1989 - first edition of the newspaper

“Kommersant” (“The

Businessman”)-the history of new

media begins

“Our audience consisted of individuals, not just

community of people” Alexander Timofeyevsky

(media expert)

«Ekho of Moscow»

an indepentent radio-station to cover the political life in the country

Alexei Venediktov, editor-in-chief and host at the Echo of Moscow radio station

Shareholders structure

GAZPROM media -66%

Journalism staff — 34%

“Evropa plus” radio-station (Europe plus)

• owned by the French • first private

radio station• first musical

radio-station

Ksenya Strizh, a famous radio journalist

CHANNEL 4 First commercial (non-governmental) TV-company in Yekaterinburg founded in April 1991

http://www.channel4.ru/

Turning point - 1991

August 19, 1991 - extreme situation was announced in the country

Gorbachev blocked in his summer house in Foros

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NTV Russian TV channel

March 1995Russian famous TV-journalist

dramatically murdered

Vlad Listyev ( 1956-1995)

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Sergei Dorenko, a TV-journalist, hosted the influential weekly "Sergey Dorenko Show" in 1999

A Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky profited from gaining control over various assets, including the country's main television channel, Channel One

March 1999 Gazeta.ru launched, a first online daily newspaper

2004

Paul Klebnikov,

editor of Forbes Russia,

murdered in Moscow

Russian COSMO - a new magazine for a new type of women ( the phenomena of COSMO girl)

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Russia today – an international multilingual Russian-based TV network

Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief

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Anna Politkovskaya assassination October 2006

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3 years of Medvedev's presidency 2008-2012

Three years of Dmitry Medvedev's presidency - 2008-2012

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“Russky Reporter” (Russian reporter) launched in 2007

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Nikolai Nikiforov, 29, is the youngest cabinet member in Russia following his appointment as the minister of communications and mass media, in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s government (May, 2012)

New approach to journalism

TRADITIONAL media VS. ONLINE media

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Central House of Journalistsin Moscow

Media of Russia

93 000 – media outlets

8.978 – newspapers with total annual circulation – 8.2 billion copies

330 TV - channels in total

3 main nationwide radio-stations

Printed press

covers 92% of the

population

«Radio-Mayak» — one of the most popular nationwide radio station

Leonid Parfyonov, a Russian TV journalist: «Journalists are attacked not because they write, but because other people read it...»

The task of a journalist is ….

Deputy Minister of Communication Alexy Volin

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