Gazprom-Media () is a Russian media holding company established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holdings. It and its parent company are subsidiaries of Gazprom, a large Russian oil and gas company founded in 1989 that is majority owned by the Federal Government of Russia which owns a 50.23% controlling stake in Gazprom. The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations.
History In 2000, under pressure from Mikhail Lesin, Gazprom-Media acquired NTV, the only nationwide television channel independent of the government at the time, as well as other media assets of Vladimir Gusinsky's groupincluding the satellite operator NTV Plus, TNT, the radio station Echo of Moscow, and the publishing housewhich resulted in major controversy and considerable changes to the channel's editorial policy.
After taking over Media Most in 2000, Gazprom-Media received assets and personnel from Filipp Bobkov's dissolved Fifth Chief Directorate of the KGB, including its thousands of employees, its database, and the security service founded by Bobkov that had been accused of attempting to assassinate Boris Berezovsky in 1994.Ideologist for all times , by Felix Shemedlovsky, (in Russian) VedomostiГригорьев, Андрей (Grigoriev, Andrei) (28 March 2000). . Apolitical Gusinsky. (in Russian). «Компания» — деловой еженедельник (Company). Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2021. The directorate's entire archive had been taken to Media Most.Ideologist for all times , by Felix Shemedlovsky, (in Russian) Vedomosti, A slightly different version In 2000, Bobkov created the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis (ISSA), a joint stock company. It was led by , the former head of the KGB in Azerbaijan, and operated as a think tank and successor to Media Most's security department. chaired the ISSA's board of directors from 2001 to 2002.
In 2005, Gazprom-Media purchased Izvestia, a national daily newspaper. In May 2008, the National Media Group bought a 50.19% stake in Izvestia from Gazprom-Media.
In August 2005, Gazprom-Media Holdings was sold to Gazprombank for 37.22 billion rubles. In 2012, Gazprombank's ownership was split between Gazprom with a 41.73% stake and NPF Gazfond with a 46.92% stake. Most of Gazfond's stake was managed by the financial company . As a part of the SOGAZ insurance company, Lider had been controlled by Rossiya Bank, whose largest shareholder was Yuri Kovalchuk, an associate of Vladimir Putin. In March 2014, Rossiya Bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gazfond, which now owns a 45% stake in Lider. Since 2003, Gazfond's president has been Yuri Shamalov, who is also the deputy chairman of Gazprombank.
Media assets
Television 2×2 365 Days TV Pyatnitsa! Match! NTV NTV Plus TNT TNT4 TV-3
Radio (via subsidiary GPM-Radio) AvtoRadio Radio Energy NRG Yumor FM Comedy Radio Detskoe Radio Like FM Relax FM Radio Romantika (Moscow 98.8 FM, formerly nationwide) Radio Zenit (Saint Petersburg 89.7 FM, joint venture with FC Zenit)
Paper publications Seven Days Publishing House Seven Days (TV guide)7 Days: The Russian Oracle, 7 April 2010 .Accessed: 5 December 2010. Story Caravan (monthly magazine) Story Caravan Collection (monthly magazine)
Internet Rutube Вокруг ТВ SRSLY Sportbox.ru УМА-ТЕХ Premier Getintent 2x2.Медиа
Movie and cinema Central Partnership Comedy Club Production Red Media NTV-Kino October Cinema & Crystal Palace Cinema
Directors general Viktor Ilyushin (December 1997 – June 1998) Sergey Zverev (June 1998 – May 1999) Alexander Astafyev (1999 – 2000) Alfred Kokh (June 2000 – October 2001) Boris Jordan (October 2001 – January 2003) Alexander Dybal (January 2003 – June 2004) Nikolay Senkevich (since July 2004) Aleksandr Zharov (since March 2020)
Board of directors Alexey Miller (chairman) Aleksandr Zharov Yuri Shamalov Alaxey Matveev Sergey Kupriyanov Sergey Kuznets
Management Source:
Aleksandr Zharov (CEO, Member of the Board of Directors) Svetlana Fefilova (Deputy CEO) Yulia Golubeva (Deputy CEO) Tina Kandelaki (Deputy CEO)
See also Mass media in Russia Michael R. Caputo
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References
External links Official site (archived)