Lenta.ru

Lenta.ru
Type of site
 News site
Online newspaper
Available in Russian
Owner Rambler Media Group
Created by Anton Nossik
Website lenta.ru
Alexa rank Decrease 427 (October 2014)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Free/Subscription
Launched September 18 (?), 1999
Current status Active

Lenta.ru (Russian: Лента.Ру; stylised as LƐNTA·RU) is a Moscow-based online newspaper in Russian language, owned by Rambler Media Group which belongs to Prof-Media. It is one of the most popular Russian language online resources with over 600 thousand visitors daily.[1][2]

A Berkman Center 2010 study found it to be the most cited news source in the Russian blogosphere.[3]

In 2013 companies "SUP Media" and "Rambler-Afisha" united in the Combined company "Afisha.Rambler.SUP".

On March 12, 2014 the owner, Alexander Mamut, fired the Editor-in-Chief Galina Timchenko and replaced her with Alexey Goreslavsky. 39 employees out of the total 84, including Director-general Yuliya Minder, lost their jobs. This includes 32 writing journalists, all photo-editors (5 people) and 6 administrators.[4][5] The employees of Lenta.ru issued a statement that the purpose of the move was to install a new Editor-in-Chief directly controlled by the Kremlin and turn the website into a propaganda tool.[6] Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, referred to the move as a manifestation of censorship.[7]

Galina Timchenko, together with a team of around 20 journalists who resigned from their jobs at Lenta.ru, started the new internet newspaper Meduza.

Management

References

  1. 1 2 "Lenta.ru Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ "Rambler's Top 100 usage statistics for Lenta.Ru". Rambler. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. ↑ "Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization". Berkman Center for Internet & Society. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. ↑ В "Ленте.ру" сменился главный редактор (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  5. ↑ "В Lenta.ru сменился гендиректор и уволились 39 сотрудников". RBC Information Systems. 13 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Дорогим читателям от дорогой редакции (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  7. ↑ Olga Razumovskaya (2014-03-12). "Russian News Editor Fired Over Ukrainian Nationalist Interview". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  8. ↑ Из "Ленты.ру" уволились 39 человек (in Russian). Lenta.ru. 2014-03-13.
  9. ↑ "Кто делает Lenta.ru". Lenta.ru. 2012-11-20. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05.
  10. ↑ "Maksim E. Moshkow". Lib.ru. Retrieved 2012-06-10.


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