Novynar

Novynar
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherJed Sunden
First issueAugust 2007
Final issue2008
CompanyKP Media
CountryUkraine
Based inKyiv
LanguageUkrainian
OCLC176064896

Novynar (Ukrainian: Newsmaker)[1] was a weekly news magazine briefly published in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2007 to 2008.

History and profile

Novynar was first published in August 2007.[2] Its website was also launched on the same date.[2] It was established as a quality alternative to Russian language news magazines in the country.[3]

The magazine was part of the KP Media which also owned Kyiv Post[4] and 15 Minutes, a metro daily.[5] The publisher was an American businessman, Jed Sunden.[6] It was published weekly in Kyiv.[7]

The KP media reported the initial circulation of Novynar as 15,000 copies in August 2007.[3]

Novynar ceased publication in November 2008 due to financial problems faced.[8][9] Sunden also closed 15 Minutes the same year and sold Kyiv Post to a British businessman, Mohammad Zahoor, in July 2009.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Oleksandr Sushko; Olena Prystayko (2010). "Nations in Transit. Ukraine" (PDF). REF World. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "KP Media Announces Launch of New Ukrainian-Language News Magazine". Concerde Capital. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Ukraine daily newsletter" (PDF). BNE. 21 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Magazines turn to Ukrainian". Kyiv Post. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b Natalya Ryabinska (November–December 2011). "The Media Market and Media Ownership in Post-Communist Ukraine". Problems of Post-Communism. 58 (6): 3–20. doi:10.2753/PPC1075-8216580601. S2CID 155910833.
  6. ^ Taras Kuzio (2015). Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism. Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO: Praeger. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4408-3503-2.
  7. ^ "Full measure of democracy". USUBC. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Provincialism in the Diaspora and Ukraine". Religious Information Service of Ukraine. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Media sustainability Index 2009" (PDF). IREX. Retrieved 26 November 2014.