Russky Newsweek

Russky Newsweek
Editor-in-chief Mikhail Fishman
Categories News magazine
Frequency Weekly
Publisher Axel Springer
First issue June 2004
Final issue 18 October 2010
Country Russia
Language Russian

Russky Newsweek or Newsweek Russia was a Russian language news magazine published in Russia between 2004 and 2010 as the Russian edition of Newsweek. It was the first news magazine with a Western origin published in the country.[1]

History and profile

Russky Newsweek was established in June 2004.[2][3][4] The license of the magazine was held by the Axel Springer Russia, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG.[5][6] The magazine was published on a weekly basis by Axel Springer Russia.[7][8] The weekly featured detailed articles some of which were critical of Kremlin.[7][9]

Leonid Parfyonov and Alexander Gordeev served as the editors-in-chief of Russky Newsweek.[1][2] Mikhail Fishman was the last editor-in-chief.[5]

The last edition of Russky Newsweek was published on 18 October 2010 when it ceased publication due to economic reasons.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Newsweek looks over old Iron Curtain". Media Week. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Svetlana Kononova (25 October 2010). "Memories of Newsweek". Russia Profile. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Springer launches Russian edition of Newsweek". Free Republic. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Christopher H. Sterling (25 September 2009). Encyclopedia of Journalism. SAGE Publications. p. 1007. ISBN 978-1-4522-6152-2. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Axel Springer Russia: License agreement for NEWSWEEK will not be prolonged". Axel Springer AG. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Weekend with Russian Newsweek". Baltic Weekend. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Russian Newsweek closed 'with respect to economic reasons'". Sputnik News. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Newsweek Russia folds". M&M Global. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Axel Springer shutters Russian edition of Newsweek". The Local. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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