Gazprom-Media
Russian radio and television conglomerate
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Gazprom-Media (Russian: ОАО Газпром-Медиа) is a Russian media holding company established in January 1998 as a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holdings.[2] 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.[3][4] The group owns more than 38 television channels and 10 radio stations.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Saint Petersburg, 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 (Russian newspaper), GPM-Radio |
| Website | www.gazprom-media.com |
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 Media Most group – including the satellite operator NTV Plus, TNT, the radio station Echo of Moscow, and the Seven Days publishing house – which resulted in major controversy and considerable changes to the channel's editorial policy.[4][5][6][7]
After taking over Media Most in 2000, Gazprom-Media received assets and personnel from Filipp Bobkov's dissolved Fifth Chief Directorate of the KGB,[a] 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.[8][9] The directorate's entire archive had been taken to Media Most.[10] In 2000, Bobkov created the Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis (ISSA), a joint stock company. It was led by Vaqif Hüseynov, the former head of the KGB in Azerbaijan, and operated as a think tank and successor to Media Most's security department. Vladimir Zhizhin chaired the ISSA's board of directors from 2001 to 2002.[11][12][b]
In 2005, Gazprom-Media purchased Izvestia, a national daily newspaper.[4] In May 2008, the National Media Group bought a 50.19% stake in Izvestia from Gazprom-Media.[14][c]
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.[4][2][16] Most of Gazfond's stake was managed by the financial company Lider. 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.[2][16][17] In March 2014, Rossiya Bank sold its indirect control of Lider to Gazfond, which now owns a 45% stake in Lider.[16] Since 2003, Gazfond's president has been Yuri Shamalov, who is also the deputy chairman of Gazprombank.[18][16]
Media assets
Television
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
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[21]
Management
Source:[22]
- Aleksandr Zharov (CEO, Member of the Board of Directors)
- Svetlana Fefilova (Deputy CEO)
- Yulia Golubeva (Deputy CEO)
- Tina Kandelaki (Deputy CEO)
See also
Notes
- The Fifth Chief Directorate was responsible for disinformation, control of dissidents, religious groups, and executions.
- Zhinzhin was close to Arne Treholt.[13]
- National Media Group was founded in February 2008. Investors include Severstal with a 26% stake as of 2009, Rossiya Bank with a 35.5% stake at the end of 2012, SOGAZ with a 21.22% stake as of 2015, and Surgutneftegas with a 23.98% stake as of 30 March 2016.[citation needed] Since 2014, the National Media Group has been chaired by Alina Kabaeva, who has a strong relationship with Vladimir Putin.[15]
