NEWSru
News site | |
Available in | Russian, Ukrainian |
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Owner | Vladimir Gusinsky |
URL | newsru.com newsru.co.il newsru.ua |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Free/Subscription |
Launched | August 28, 2000 |
Current status | Russian branch is inactive from May 31, 2021 (news archive publicly available), Ukrainian branch inactive since 2017, Israeli branch active |
NEWSru.com was a Russian independent
History
NEWSru launched by Russian internet pioneer Anton Nossik on August, 28, 2000, with the domain name ntu.ru[1][2] Yelena Bereznitskaya-Bruni replaced the initial Editor in Chief Igor Barchugov in 2001.[3]
In 2002, the state-run OAO
In 2009, Russian journalist Maria Yulikova described NEWSru as one of the leading independent news sources in Russia.[8]
The site primarily operated as a news aggregator.[1]
In May 2021, the site announced it would close for "economic reasons" due to a difficulty with attracting advertisers because the site did not follow the editorial line of pro-Kremlin state media.[1] Editor-in-Chief Yelena Bereznitskaya said "In the current situation, we realized that we won’t find funding in the near future for what we love and know how to do — objective news." The site's staff planned to continue to focus on newsru.co.il, its Russian-language Israeli offshoot.[2]
Headquarters and team
NEWSru was based in Moscow, but its editorial team and location were kept secret. The network had two foreign editions: a website in Israel started in December 2005 (newsru.co.il), and a Ukrainian edition based in Kiev, which was discontinued in March 2017.[9][10]
Chief editor Olga Leni admitted that the Ukrainian publication had been subsidized for the entire 10 years of its existence, and the site had never been self-supporting. Other former employees agreed that the site was closed due to a pro-Ukrainian pronouncement on the conflict in Donbas.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Russia's Newsru media outlet announces closure, blames political situation". Reuters. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Moscow Times. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ www.omnesmedia.com. "News RU". www.omnesmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-16). "NTV and NTV.ru — two big differences" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2006-01-05. Alt URL
- ^ Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-19). "NTV.ru left Ostankino" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
- ^ "NTV.ru server revealed" (in Russian). Netoscope. 2000-08-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Alt URL
- ^ Khaitina, Natalia (2000-08-28). "NTV.ru site opened before the target date" (in Russian). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Alt URL
- doi:10.1080/03064220701882772. Archived from the originalon 2009-09-01.
- ^ "newsru.com". eurotopics.net. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ a b "Популярный портал NEWSru.ua закрылся | Газета «День»".
External links
- Media related to Newsru.com at Wikimedia Commons
- NEWSru.com (now only archive) (in Russian)
- NEWSru.co.il (in Russian)