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Tuesday 18 January 2011

Slavic media changes newsletter 13

Editorial changes at Russian Cosmopolitan

As Russian Sanoma Independent Media informed on 17th of January 2011, the former Editor-in-Chief of the Russian Cosmopolitan Elena Vassilieva became the publisher of all magazines published under the name Cosmo. They include Cosmopolitan Beauty, Cosmopolitan Shopping and Cosmopolitan Psychology. Elena Vassilieva still can be contacted on e.vassilieva@imedia.ru.

As of January 2011, Alexandra Badanina has been appointed a new Editor-in-Chief of this fashion magazine. Her contact email address is a.badanina@imedia.ru. Alexandra Badanina graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow State University. She started her career in Cosmopolitan as a freelance writer in 2006, then she has worked in the magazine on one of the editorial positions.

Svetlana Melnikova has become a new Marketing Director and can be reached at s.melnikova@imedia.ru.
Ekaterina Kabakchi, a member of the Board of Directors of Sanoma Independent Media and CEO of the Fashion Press, has resigned from her position as a publisher and will continue to work in Cosmopolitan as Operations Director.

Cosmopolitan Russia has been published monthly since 1994 and its current circulation is around 865,000 copies.

Ukrainian socio-political newspaper ceased

As announced on January 18, 2011, the Ukrainian political newspaper Leviy Bereg has been shut down. It has been published since 2008, with the circulation of 135,000 copies.
Editorial staff of the print edition of the newspaper will continue working at Lb.ua, the online project of the Gorshenin Institute.
Press release of the publisher can be read here: http://www.kipu.org.ua/Komment/2011.01/k_18_01_I.html

Improvements in the regional press in Poland

Polish free weekly newspaper Teraz Torun, published by Media Regionalne, has appeared with a new layout and graphic design. It covers regional issues and entertainment. Its current circulation has not changed and is around 34,000 copies. It was launched in 2006 and comes out on Thursdays. Teraz Torun can be found on their website: http://www.teraztorun.pl. The Deputy Editor Kamil Sakalus and his editorial team can be reached at redakcja@teraztorun.pl.

Closure of a regional evening newspaper in Russia

Russian evening newspaper Vecherny Krasnoyarsk has been shut down due to its financial situation, as it was announced by its editor Ekaterina Usma. Until now she could be contacted at usma@vecherka.ru.
The last issue of the newspaper was published at the end of December 2010. All print editions of the newspaper were available on their website: http://www.vecherka.ru. Usma thinks its publication may be renewed, if financial situation improves in the future. However, there are doubts that this will happen soon.

A new presenter of a Polish TV cultural programme

A music journalist Artur Orzech will be a new presenter of Kulturalni.PL programme, which is broadcast on TVP Polonia. It is the TV programme about cultural events, theater performances and concerts, arts and social life in Poland. Artur also runs his programme every Saturday evening on radio station Radio Dla Ciebie and can be reached at artur.orzech@rdc.pl.

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