Novynar Explained

Category:News magazine
Frequency:Weekly
Publisher:Jed Sunden
Firstdate:August 2007
Finaldate:2008
Company:KP Media
Country:Ukraine
Based:Kyiv
Language:Ukrainian
Oclc:176064896

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.

The magazine was part of the KP Media which also owned Kyiv Post[3] and 15 Minutes, a metro daily.[4] The publisher was an American businessman, Jed Sunden.[5] It was published weekly in Kyiv.[6]

The KP media reported the initial circulation of Novynar as 15,000 copies in August 2007.[7]

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.[4]

See also

Notes and References

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