Kommersant (Russian: Коммерсантъ, IPA: [kəmʲɪrˈsant], The Businessman, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia certified July 2013 circulation of the daily was 120,000–130,000.[1] It is owned by Alisher Usmanov.[2]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Alisher Usmanov |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Language | Russian |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Circulation | 120,000–130,000 (July 2013) |
| Website | www |
History
In 1989, with the onset of press freedom in Russia, Kommersant was founded under the ownership of businessman and publicist Vladimir Yakovlev.[3][4] The first issue was released in January 1990.[5] It was modeled after Western business journalism.[4]
The newspaper's title is spelled in Russian with a terminal hard sign (ъ) – a letter that is silent at the end of a word in modern Russian, and was thus largely abolished by the post-revolution Russian spelling reform, in reference to a pre-Soviet newspaper of the same name active between 1909 and 1917.[5] This is played up in the Kommersant logo, which features a script hard sign at the end of somewhat more formal font. The newspaper also refers to itself or its redaction as "Ъ".
Founded as a weekly newspaper, it became popular among business and political elites. It then became a daily newspaper.[5] It was owned by the businessman Boris Berezovsky from 1999 until 2006, when he sold it to Badri Patarkatsishvili.[4][6] In September 2006, it was sold to Alisher Usmanov.[6]
In January 2005, Kommersant published a protest at a court ruling ordering it to publish a denial of a story about a crisis at Alfa-Bank.[7]
In 2008, BBC News named Kommersant the leading liberal business broadsheet.[8]
See also
- Kommersant FM a Russian news-radio station
References
- ^ "Kommersant Website; (Russian)". 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Poberezhskaya, Marianna (1 January 2015). "Media coverage of climate change in Russia: Governmental bias and climate silence". Public Understanding of Science. 24 (1): 96–111. doi:10.1177/0963662513517848. ISSN 0963-6625.
- ^ "Kommersant; Presseurop (English)". Presseurop. 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Media Map". Index on Censorship. 37 (1): 183–189. 1 February 2008. doi:10.1080/03064220701882780. ISSN 0306-4220.
- ^ a b c Arrese, Ángel (1 March 2017). "The role of economic journalism in political transitions". Journalism. 18 (3): 368–383. doi:10.1177/1464884915623172. ISSN 1464-8849.
- ^ a b Koikkalainen, Katja (1 December 2007). "The local and the International in Russian business journalism: Structures and practices". Europe-Asia Studies. 59 (8): 1315–1329. doi:10.1080/09668130701655176. ISSN 0966-8136.
- ^ "Alfa-d Up". Kommersant. Moscow. 31 January 2005. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "The press in Russia". BBC News. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
External links
- KommersantЪ, English version online
- BBC news reporting on Kommersant's protest
- Photo gallery celebrating Kommersant's 15th anniversary
- Story in the St. Petersburg Times about the sale of Kommersant
- "Kommersant"(1909–1917) digital archives in "Newspapers on the web and beyond", the digital resource of the National Library of Russia