NEWSru
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Type of site | News site |
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| Available in | Russian, Ukrainian |
| 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 |
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NEWSru.com was a Russian independent online news site based in Moscow that was generally critical of the Russian government. Launched by Russian internet pioneer Anton Nossik in 2000, it closed in 2021 after experiencing difficulties attracting advertisers due to the site's editorial positions. The Israeli sister service Newsru.co.il remains operational[1]
History
NEWSru launched by Russian internet pioneer Anton Nossik on August, 28, 2000, with the domain name ntu.ru[2][3] Yelena Bereznitskaya-Bruni replaced the initial Editor in Chief Igor Barchugov in 2001.[4]
In 2002, the state-run OAO Gazprom Media took over NTV,[5][6] and NEWSru remained part of the media empire of former NTV owner and oligarch Vladimir Gusinsky.[7][8] The takeover was seen as a turning point in media freedom in post-Soviet Russia.[3]
In 2009, Russian journalist Maria Yulikova described NEWSru as one of the leading independent news sources in Russia.[9]
The site primarily operated as a news aggregator.[2]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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 Kyiv, which was discontinued in March 2017.[10][11]
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.[11]
References
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- ^ Российский сайт NEWSru.com прекратил обновление новостной ленты. Комментарий редакции NEWSru.co.il Script error: No such module "webarchive". // newsru.co.il, 31.05.2021
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Russia's Newsru media outlet announces closure, blames political situation". Reuters. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Russia's Newsru.com News Site Shuts Down After 21 Years". Moscow Times. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.www.omnesmedia.com. "News RU". www.omnesmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-16). "NTV and NTV.ru — two big differences" (in русский). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2006-01-05. Alt URL Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khaitina, Natalia (2001-04-19). "NTV.ru left Ostankino" (in русский). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NTV.ru server revealed" (in русский). Netoscope. 2000-08-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Alt URL
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Khaitina, Natalia (2000-08-28). "NTV.ru site opened before the target date" (in русский). Netoscope. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Alt URL Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."newsru.com". eurotopics.net. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Популярный портал NEWSru.ua закрылся | Газета «День»".
External links
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