NEWSru

NEWSru is a Russian online news sites.[2] Originally it functioned as NTV's website under the address ntv.ru. The site remains part of Vladimir Gusinsky's media holding.

NEWSru
Type of site
News site
Available inRussian, Ukrainian
OwnerVladimir Gusinsky
URLnewsru.com
newsru.co.il
newsru.ua
Alexa rank 1,329 (April 2014)[1]
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree/Subscription
LaunchedAugust 28, 2000
Current statusActive

Yelena Bereznitskaya-Bruni replaced the initial Editor in Chief Igor Barchugov in 2001. The network has a head office in Moscow, Russia and two foreign posts. The network set up editorial offices in Israel and Ukraine.

History

The change of ownership at NTV was followed by a redesign of the news site which remained with the former NTV owner Vladimir Gusinsky.[3][4]

In April 2001 the TV channel became part of OAO Gazprom Media.[5][6]

In October 2002 the news site moved to another domain name, NEWSru.com[7][8] and the original domain ntv.ru has been transferred to the broadcasting company under the mutual arrangement.

Projects

Besides the basic site, the NEWSru service owns a number of special interest news sites.

Among defunct projects is 2004.newsru.com, devoted in due time to 2004 Russian presidential election.[9]

References
  1. "Newsru.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. Yulikova, Maria (February 2008). "My Media". Index on Censorship. 37 (1): 179–182. doi:10.1080/03064220701882772. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01.
  3. "NTV.ru server revealed" (in Russian). Netoscope. 2000-08-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  4. Khaitina, Natalia (2000-08-28). "NTV.ru site opened before the target date" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
  5. Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-16). "NTV and NTV.ru — two big differences" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2005-12-23.
  6. Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-19). "NTV.ru left Ostankino" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07.
  7. Goncharov, Konstantin (2002-10-18). "NTVRU.com changes the name" (in Russian). Compulenta. Archived from the original on 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  8. "Update your "Favourites". The new name of our site is NEWSru.com" (in Russian). NEWSru.com. 2002-10-23.
  9. "Presidential elections 2004 - Media". BalticData.info. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
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