Archives for April 2008

Sanoma To Acquire NetInfo Web Publisher in Bulgaria

Files under: News
Posted by: Yakov @ 11:31 [28. 04. 08]

Just days after acquiring the Russian publisher Lux Media, Sanoma Magazines, the magazine division of SanomaWSOY Group, agreed to acquire 68% shares in the leading Bulgarian web publisher Net Info.BG from a group of venture capital and private investors.
Net Info owns the most popular Bulgarian free email service Abv.bg, online diretory Gbg.bg, video sharing site […]

Independent Media Sanoma Magazines To Acquire Lux Media

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Posted by: Yakov @ 22:49 [27. 04. 08]

Independent Media, part of Sanoma Magazines, the magazine division of SanomaWSOY Group, agreed to acquire a 55% stake in the Russian glossy magazine publisher Lux Media. The deal could be valued at EUR 5 million.
Lux Media publishes the fashion magazine Collezioni, real estate magazine Homes Overseas, and brides title Wedding. The company was founded in […]

National Media Group To Acquire NTK For $1.5 Billion

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Posted by: Yakov @ 08:05 [24. 04. 08]

National Media Group (NMG) together with its shareholders agreed to acquire National Telecommunications (NTK), a leading Russian provider of cable TV and broadband Internet access services, valuing NTK at some $1.5 billion, reported news agency Interfax. NMG will acquire a controlling stake in NTK while the remaining stake will be acquired by NMG’s shareholders Severstal, […]

MTS Named World’s Top 100 Most Powerful Brand

Files under: Mobile, News
Posted by: Yakov @ 01:29 [22. 04. 08]

The largest Russian mobile phone operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is the first and only Russian company that was named as one of the world’s Top 100 Most Powerful Brands, the third annual BrandZ™ Ranking announced by leading global market research and consulting firm Millward Brown.
MTS was ranked 89th in the BrandZ Top 100 list […]

Rambler To Launch Ad-Funded Video Downloads

Files under: News, Web 2.0
Posted by: Yakov @ 14:16 [21. 04. 08]

Rambler Media, the holding company for the second largest Russian search engine and portal Rambler, is set to launch Rambler Cinema as a free video-download service, reported business daily Kommersant. The service will be supported by in-video advertisements. Rambler plans to generate $1 million in advertising revenues from the service in the first year of […]