Mash (online newspaper) explained

Mash
Type:Online newspaper
Chiefeditor:Yevgeny Novikov
Owner:
Language:Russian
Headquarters:Moscow, Russia
Sister Newspapers:Life.ru

Mash is a Russian online newspaper, part of the media holding,[1] founded on 6 April 2017. The idea of the project belonged to Nikita Mogutin, who at that time was working in the Life.ru online news website, within which the project was developed.[2] The Mash channel in Telegram is one of the most popular Russian-language channels.[3]

History

In the spring of 2017, Nikita Mogutin, deputy editor-in-chief of Life, approached Aram Gabrelyanov, CEO of the News Media holding, and his deputy, Anatoly Suleymanov, with the idea of creating Mash.[4] Mogutin found the name for the project in an English dictionary. At first, the Mash editorial office was located in the Life editorial office, but later the project staff moved to a new address.[5]

Active growth in the popularity of Mash occurred between August and September 2017. In December 2017, Mash had 115 thousand subscribers on the Telegram channel. In the same month, the project reached self-sufficiency.[6] In the first months, Mash was actively referred to in Life, since September 2017, other media have been actively using the project materials. Mash is the main official content provider for Life, and the project also provides content for other media, including federal.[7] Mash used the LifeCorr application on a contract basis.[8]

According to the results of the first half of 2017, the Mash Telegram channel took first place in terms of citation in the Russian media in the first rating of Telegram channels presented by Medialogy.[9] From 2017 to July 2022, the channel took first place in the monthly and annual ratings in this category.[10]

On 7 December 2019, Mash telegram channel won in the nomination "Information telegram channel of the year" at the Web Industry Awards Ceremony.[11]

On 1 February 2021, Sergey Titov, deputy editor-in-chief of Mash, announced his departure from the publication after a report about Putin's Palace and an interview with Arkady Rotenberg. According to him, the decision to release these videos was made by "people in suits", and not by Mash employees. He compared what is happening with censorship in the USSR.[12] [13] [14]

Owners and management

Nikita Mogutin was the editor-in-chief of Mash from 2017 to 2018. Maxim Iksanov was the editor-in-chief from October 2018 to 2021.[15] In December 2021, Evgeny Novikov, who previously headed the editorial office of Mash on the Moika, became the editor-in-chief.[16]

In April 2018, Aram Gabrelyanov sold his stake in Mash to Nikita Mogutin.[17] Mogutin owned 51% of Mash LLC, but this share was pledged to Gabrelyanov under a loan agreement dated July 2018.[18] In September 2018, Nikita Mogutin sold his stake and left the project.[19]

Criticism

Allies with the state

In November 2018, the Proekt publication connected the Mash Telegram channel with Yury Kovalchuk, who got it as part of the termination of cooperation with Aram Gabrelyanov. From that moment on, the publication was supervised by the son of the president of the National Media Group, Kirill Kovalchuk, and the great-nephew of Yuri Kovalchuk, Stepan Kovalchuk.[20] [21]

According to The Insider, the former editor-in-chief, director and co-owner of Mash, Maxim Iksanov, lived in a house owned by the Directorate of the President in Moscow. The Insider publication claims that, according to an extract from Rosreestr, Iksanov lived in an apartment that was registered to his father Takhir Iksanov, the former director of the Bolshoi Theater. Also, according to The Insider, Iksanov received permission to move around Moscow during a COVID-19 pandemic from the presidential administration.[22]

Pressure on editors

Sergey Titov, deputy editor-in-chief of Mash, resigned after publishing a video about Putin's Palace that showed the inside of the building. He stated that the editorial office acted on the instructions of "people in suits":[23] [24]

"I understand everything about Mash's reputation, I understand about shameful things, but we really did everything we could (when we could). They fit in with Golunov, fiercely supported people in Belarus <…>. We lived in this gray zone and fought desperately for the opportunity not to write shit. But they decided otherwise. You have seen the vids yourself. The work of talented people <…>, all our experiences just crossed out the decisions of people in suits who don’t give a f*** about journalists."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Глава Mash назвал «удивительной» реакцию Монеточки на публикацию видео с ее новой квартирой - Газета.Ru Новости . 2022-10-23 . Газета.Ru . ru.
  2. Web site: Швыркова . Анна . Основатель Mash Никита Могутин покидает проект. Руководители News Media и Life тоже объявили об уходе . 2022-10-23 . ru-RU.
  3. Web site: Mash, Кадыров и Собчак: самые популярные телеграм-каналы по версии «Медиалогии» . 2022-10-23 . Афиша . ru.
  4. Web site: Телеканал Life прекращает работу. Что стало с медиа-империей Арама Габрелянова . https://web.archive.org/web/20210218161758/https://www.znak.com/2017-08-18/telekanal_life_prekrachaet_rabotu_chto_stalo_s_media_imperiey_arama_gabrelyanova . 2021-02-18 . 2018-01-20.
  5. Web site: Никита Могутин, Mash: «Девяностые в мире журналистики прошли» . https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071430/https://tjournal.ru/60505-nikita-mogutin-mash-devyanostye-v-mire-zhurnalistiki-proshli . 2018-01-21 . 2018-01-20.
  6. Web site: Никита Могутин: Планирую выкупить проект Mash у Арама Габрелянова . https://web.archive.org/web/20180115072750/http://www.newrusmedia.ru/nikita-mogutin-planiruyu-vykupit-proekt-mash-u-arama-gabrelyanova/ . 2018-01-15 . 2018-01-20.
  7. Web site: Никита Могутин, Mash: «Девяностые в мире журналистики прошли» . https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071430/https://tjournal.ru/60505-nikita-mogutin-mash-devyanostye-v-mire-zhurnalistiki-proshli . 2018-01-21 . 2018-01-20.
  8. Web site: Руководитель телеграм-канала Mash: мы фактически работаем новостной службой «Лайфа» . https://web.archive.org/web/20180407120004/https://meduza.io/news/2017/10/12/sozdatel-mesh-my-fakticheski-rabotaem-novostnoy-sluzhboy-layfa . 2018-04-07 . 2018-01-20.
  9. Web site: Telegram-каналы в СМИ: 1 января – 26 июня 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181207204140/http://www.mlg.ru/ratings/research/5271/ . 2018-12-07 . 2018-01-20.
  10. Web site: Рейтинги Telegram-каналов Медиалогия . 2022-10-23 . Медиалогия – СОЦМЕДИА и СМИ мониторинг . ru.
  11. Web site: Победители 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210215012259/http://premia-w.ru/pobediteli2019 . 2021-02-15 . 2020-07-12 . premia-w.ru.
  12. Web site: 2021-02-02 . Заместитель главреда телеграм-канала Mash уволился в знак протеста против появление ролика о дворце в Геленджике . https://web.archive.org/web/20210202110853/https://echo.msk.ru/news/2783756-echo.html . 2021-02-02 . 2021-02-02 . . Газпром-Медиа Холдинг.
  13. Web site: 2021-02-02 . Замглавреда Mash уволился после публикации видео о ″дворце в Геленджике″ . https://web.archive.org/web/20210202151536/https://www.dw.com/ru/zamglavreda-mash-uvolilsja-posle-publikacii-video-o-dvorce-v-gelendzhike/a-56411615 . 2021-02-02 . 2021-02-02 . DW.
  14. Web site: 2021-02-01 . Замглавреда Mash, назвавшего Ротенберта хозяином дворца в Геленджике, шёл из издания . https://web.archive.org/web/20210201192615/https://meduza.io/news/2021/02/01/zamglavreda-mash-nazvavshego-rotenberga-hozyainom-dvortsa-v-gelendzhike-ushel-iz-izdaniya-on-zayavil-o-davlenii-na-redaktsiyu-kak-v-sssr . 2021-02-01 . 2021-02-02 . Meduza.
  15. Web site: Максим Иксанов: «Шутки — это лицо Mash» . https://web.archive.org/web/20210209151915/https://www.ok-magazine.ru/stars/interview/89553-maksim-iksanov-shutki-eto-lico-mash . 2021-02-09 . 2020-08-17.
  16. Web site: 2021-12-06 . Главный редактор Mash возглавит холдинг News Media . 2022-10-23 . Известия . ru.
  17. Web site: Арам Габрелянов продал долю в издании Mash руководителям проекта . https://web.archive.org/web/20210215020535/https://vc.ru/media/36751-aram-gabrelyanov-prodal-dolyu-v-izdanii-mash-rukovoditelyam-proekta . 2021-02-15 . 2018-09-17.
  18. Web site: «Бунт на корабле»: от Габрелянова одновременно ушли ключевые медиаменеджеры. Они вместе будут делать новое медиа . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918012320/https://tjournal.ru/76734-bunt-na-korable-ot-gabrelyanova-odnovremenno-ushli-klyuchevye-mediamenedzhery-oni-vmeste-budut-delat-novoe-media . 2018-09-18 . 2018-09-17.
  19. Web site: Проекты Mash и Life.ru одновременно покинули все руководители . https://web.archive.org/web/20210214125507/https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/17/09/2018/5b9fdb869a7947289032da7c?from=main . 2021-02-14 . 2018-09-17.
  20. News: 2018-11-28 . Телега из Кремля. Рассказ о том, как власти превратили Telegram в телевизор. . . 2021-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111184923/https://www.proekt.media/narrative/telegram-kanaly/ . 2019-01-11.
  21. Web site: ФБК о видео Mash о «дворце в Геленджике»: подтвердили то, что мы писали . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210205063946/https://www.dw.com/ru/soratnica-navalnogo-pro-video-mash-o-dvorce-v-gelendzhike-podtverdili-to-chto-my-pisali/a-56381777 . 2021-02-05 . 2021-01-30.
  22. Web site: Глава Mash, которого пустили во дворец Путина, живёт в доме управделами президента и работает на АП . https://web.archive.org/web/20210130113800/https://theins.ru/news/238950 . 2021-01-30 . 2021-01-30.
  23. https://www.dw.com/ru/zamglavreda-mash-uvolilsja-posle-publikacii-video-o-dvorce-v-gelendzhike/a-56411615 Замглавреда Mash уволился после публикации видео о «дворце в Геленджике»
  24. https://meduza.io/news/2021/02/01/zamglavreda-mash-nazvavshego-rotenberga-hozyainom-dvortsa-v-gelendzhike-ushel-iz-izdaniya-on-zayavil-o-davlenii-na-redaktsiyu-kak-v-sssr Замглавреда Mash, назвавшего Ротенберга хозяином дворца в Геленджике, ушел из издания. Он заявил, что редакция действовала под диктовку, «как в СССР»

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