Gazprom-Media (russian: ОАО Газпром-Медиа) is the largest

Russian media Television, magazines, and newspapers have all been operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. Even though the Constitution of Russia guarantees freedom ...

holding. Gazprom-Media was established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of the 1997 established Gazprom Media Holdings. On its founding in 1997, Gazprom Media Holdings was a subsidiary of

Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the larges ...

, a large Russian company founded in 1989, which carries on the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

. The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations.

History

In 2000 with pressure from

Mikhail Lesin Mikhail Yuryevich Lesin (russian: Михаил Юрьевич Лесин; 11 July 1958 – 5 November 2015) was a Russian political figure, media executive and advisor to president Vladimir Putin. In 2006, he was awarded the Order "For Mer ...

, Gazprom-Media acquired

NTV NTV may refer to: Television * NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh * NTV (India), Telugu regional channel * NTV (Kenya) * NTV (Mongolia), a television channel based in Mongolia * NTV (Newport Televis ...

, the only nationwide state-independent television in Russia at the time, as well as other media assets of

Vladimir Gusinsky Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky (russian: Владимир Александрович Гусинский, ; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV free-to-air channel, ...

's ''Media Most'' group including the satellite operator NTV-plus, TNT-Teleset, the radio station

Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local r ...

(Ekho Moskvy), and the (Семь дней) publishing house, which raised a major controversy and resulted in considerable changes in their editorial policy. After Gazprom-Media took over "Media Most" in 2000, Gazprom-Media received

Filipp Bobkov Filipp Denisovich Bobkov (russian: Фили́пп Дени́сович Бобко́в; 1 December 1925 – 17 June 2019) was a Soviet and Russian KGB functionary, who worked as the chief of the KGB subunit responsible for repressing dissent (Fift ...

's entire former

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

5th directorate (Political police) 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.Григорьев, Андрей (Grigoriev, Andrei) (28 March 2000)
Аполитичный Гусинский
Apolitical Gusinsky. (in Russian). ''«Компания»'' — деловой еженедельник (''Company'')
Archived
from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2021. The entire archive of 5th KGB Main Directorate was taken to Media-Most. 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 (russian: Вагиф Алиовсат оглы Гусейнов, b. born November 27, 1942

Quba Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

) the director of ISOA and from 2001 to 2002 was chairman of the board. In 2005, Gazprom-Media purchased ''

Izvestia ''Izvestia'' ( rus, Известия, p=ɪzˈvʲesʲtʲɪjə, "The News") is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. Founded in 1917, it was a newspaper of record in the Soviet Union until the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, and describes ...

'', a leading nationwide newspaper. In May 2008,

Sergei Fursenko Sergey Aleksandrovich Fursenko (russian: Серге́й Александрович Фурсенко) (born 1954 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian businessman. He is a brother of Andrei Fursenko. Career Since the early 1990s, Fursenko ha ...

's gained a 50.1% stake in ''Izvestia''.), which was founded in February 2008, was in 2009 Severstal with a 26% stake in NMG, in 2015 Sogaz with a 21.22% stake, at end of 2012 Bank Rossiya with a 35.5% stake, and as of March 30, 2016, Surgutneftegaz with a 23.98% stake. Since 2014, National Media Group's chairman of the board has been

Alina Kabaeva Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva (russian: Алина Маратовна Кабаева, ; tt-Cyrl, Әлинә Марат кызы Кабаева; born 12 May 1983) is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gym ...

who is very close to

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

. For 37.22 billion rubles in August 2005, Gazprom-Media Holdings was sold to

Gazprombank Gazprombank (russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is its largest shareholder. The bank’s principal busine ...

which in 2012 OJSC

owned a 41.73% stake in Gazprombank and NPF

Gazfond Gazfond is the pension fund of Gazprom. It was founded in 1994 by Gazprom, Gazprombank and several other organizations. Gazfond owned a 3.22-percent share of Gazprom as of September 5, 2005. The fund is managed by Leader Asset Management (Chai ...

owned a 46.92% stake in Gazprom. As of 2012, most of the stake in Yuri Shamalov's associated Gazfond is managed by

Anatoly Gavrilenko Anatoly (russian: Анато́лий, Anatólij , uk, Анато́лій, Anatólij ) is a common Russian and Ukrainian male given name, derived from the Greek name ''Anatolios'', meaning "sunrise." Other common Russian transliterations are Ana ...

's (russian: ЗАО «Лидер») a management company which is part of the SOGAZ insurance group which is controlled by the

associated

Rossiya Bank The Rossiya Bank (Bank Rossiya (russian: Банк «Росси́я»), in Russian: Акционерный коммерческий банк Россия, АКБ Россия) is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. The company's h ...

which has Yuri Kovalchuk as its largest shareholder. In March 2014, Rossiya Bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gasfond which owns a 45% stake in Lider. As of November 2014, Gasfond is the largest shareholder in Gazprombank which controls Gazprom-Media.

Media assets

Television

:* 2×2 :* 365 Days TV :* Pyatnitsa! :* Match! :*

NTV Plus NTV Plus (russian: НТВ Плюс) is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV Russia, NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W series (satellites), W4 satellite at 36.0°E and from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E. Previously a ...

TNT Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...

:* TNT4 :* TV-3 :*

Radio

AvtoRadio AvtoRadio (russian: Авторадио) is a Moscow-based radio station. The station plays songs in Russian and English. A variety of music from different genres. History It broadcasts music and information. It started broadcasting on 5 April 19 ...

:*CITY-FM :*Comedy radio :*

Ekho Moskvy Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local ra ...

Europa Plus Europa Plus () is a Russian commercial radio station. It is owned by the European Media Group and started broadcasting on 30 April 1990. It is mainly formatted with Hot AC and Top 40. Europa Plus began brodcasting in the USSR in 1990. Europa P ...

:*Humor FM :*Kids Radio :*Like FM :*

NRJ Russia NRJ Energy is a private Russian radio station, created in 2006 based in Moscow, and is the Russian version of the French NRJ. The playlist of the radio station is made up of the most popular songs (hence the new slogan of the radio station is ...

:*Relax FM :*Romantica

Paper publications

*Seven Days Publishing House **Seven Days (TV guide) **''Story Caravan'' (monthly magazine) **''Story Caravan'' Collection (monthly magazine)

Internet

Rutube RUTUBE is a Russian video platform. It includes a library of licensed content including movies, series, cartoons, shows, and live broadcasts. It also hosts blogs, podcasts, game streams, and educational content. RUTUBE has web, iOS, Android ...

VKontakte VK (short for its original name ''VKontakte''; russian: ВКонтакте, meaning ''InContact'') is a Russian online social media and social networking service based in Saint Petersburg. VK is available in multiple languages but it is predomin ...

* Вокруг ТВ ** SRSLY * Sportbox.ru * УМА-ТЕХ * Premier * Getintent * 2x2.Медиа

Movie and cinema

Central Partnership Central Partnership (russian: Централ Партнершип) is a Russian film distribution and production company founded in 1995. The distributor was acquired by Russian gas company Gazprom in 2014. History Central Partnership started ...

:*Comedy Club Production :*

Red Media Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

:*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 Alfred Reingoldovich Kokh (Koch) (russian: Альфред Рейнгольдович Кох, german: Alfred Reingoldowitsch Koch, born 28 February 1961) is a Russian statesman, writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman. From 12 September ...

(June 2000 – October 2001) *

Boris Jordan Boris Jordan (russian: Борис Алексеевич Йордан, born 2 June 1966) is a Russian-American billionaire businessman, who is the founder and executive chairman of Curaleaf. As of December 2021, his net worth is USD $1.6 billion. ...

(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 Alexey Borisovich Miller (; born 31 January 1962) is a Russian businessman. Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company Gazprom, Russia's largest company ...

(chairman) : Aleksandr Zharov :Yuri Shamalov :Alaxey Matveev :Sergey Kupriyanov :Sergey Kuznets

Management

: Aleksandr Zharov (CEO, Member of the Board of Directors) :Svetlana Fefilova (Deputy CEO) :Yulia Golubeva (Deputy CEO) :

Tina Kandelaki Tina Kandelaki (russian: Тина Канделаки, ka, თინათინ კანდელაკი born 10 November 1975) is a Russian journalist, television presenter, producer, and a co-owner of the Apostol company. Biography Kan ...

(Deputy CEO)

Notes

References

External links

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