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Odnoklassniki.ru Expects Revenue of $30 Million in 2008

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Posted by: Yakov @ 02:46 [18. 04. 08]

The largest Russian social networking site Odnoklassniki.ru reported revenue of $3.3 million in Q1 2008, including $3 million from display (banner) advertising and $0.3 million from contextual advertising. Odnoklassniki.ru is expected to generate revenue of up to $30 million in 2008, says Albert Popkov, founder and CEO of the company. He estimates that it will […]

Russian Tech to Prosper Under New Russian President

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Posted by: Yakov @ 22:30 [2. 03. 08]

Dmitry Medvedev is leading Russia’s presidential elections today, says preliminary data being released by Russia’s Central Election Commission (Izbirkom). Dmitry Medvedev leads the elections with more than seventy percent of votes counted. Will the Russian technology, Internet and software businesses continue to grow and become much more competitive globally, when Dmitry Medvedev becomes the […]

CTC Media To Acquire DTV Channel in Russia For $400 Million

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Posted by: Yakov @ 03:03 [27. 02. 08]

According to Vedomosti business daily, Russia’s 4th most watched TV broadcaster CTC Media may acquire DTV, a Russian entertainment TV channel for up to $400 million from Modern Times Group (MTG). The Russian Association of Communication Agencies (AKAR) recently released data that TV advertising market in Russia was some $4.4 billion in 2007, up 31% […]

Meet VC Investor Behind PlateSpin Acquired by Novell For $205 Million

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Posted by: Yakov @ 00:58 [26. 02. 08]

Novell announced today it agreed to acquire virtualization data center management software vendor PlateSpin for $205 million. The company raised about $10 million in venture funding in total of which $7.4 million round in November 2005 was led by Scott Maxwell, the managing partner of OpenView Venture Partners and formerly managing director at Insight Venture […]

Is TechCrunch In Russia Taken Over By Cyber Squatter?

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Posted by: Yakov @ 02:09 [30. 01. 08]

Being the fastest growing online nation in Europe, the Russian Internet is making headlines by re-producing almost every popular Western web service. See my list of Top Web Sites & Apps of 2007 in Russia.
Richard MacManus of ReadWriteWeb recently raised an issue of ‘Brand’ Squatting on his blog.
And now it looks like TechCrunch.ru uses a […]