Eastern European media changes newsletter 73

New editor at a Polish ecology and lifestyle magazine

Agnieszka Szulim has been appointed the editor-in-chief of e!stilo - Polish lifestyle and ecology magazine published by Estilopress. Shulim and her editorial team can be reached at redakcja@estilopress.com.
The magazine covers healthy way of life, fashion and beauty, new trends in eco living, healthy food and travel.
The magazine can be followed on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/estilopress.


A new interior design magazine in Poland

 Bi-lingual (Polish and English) interior design, fashion and cultural magazine Home Mag launched in Poland with 15,000 circulation.The magazine is published by Home Fashion Design&Media and Media Express Metrio Publishing. The editorial team is led by Hubert Kropski and can be contacted on redakcja@home-mag.eu (http://home-mag.eu).


Metal Hammer has come to Bulgaria

  Metal Hammer has appeared in Bulgaria, with its second issue out on July 27. The editor Stoyan Tsonev and the editorial team can be reached at info@metalhammer.bg and the magazine will be later available on their website: http://www.metalhammer.bg. Follow them on Twitter: @MetalHammerBG and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetalHammerBulgaria.


A new daily newspaper started in Montenegro

Serbian publishing house Ringier Axel Springer has launched a daily tabloid Blic Crna Gora in Montenegro.
The editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Radmilo Tadić and the deputy editor Slađan Blagojević manage the editorial team. The newspaper covers local politics, culture, economics and sports and has daily circulation of 10,000 copies. The cover price is 0,30 EUR.

Tractor-producing plant started a magazine

Kirovets Review, a quarterly magazine launched in Russia this month. The trade magazine covers the history of the factory, new tractor models and their reviews, and business developments. It is published by MediaLine Severo-Zapad with 3,000 copies. The editorial team is led by the editor Sergey Rostov (Sergey.Rostov@tdmkz.kzgroup.ru).

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 Russian daily newspaper Izvestia with a new editor-in-chief

Alexander Potapov has succeeded Alexander Malyutin as the editor of Russian national daily Izvestia.
Potapov previously led business edition at Markers and can be contacted now at a.potapov@izvestia.ru.
Izvestia is a daily newspaper published with around 150,000 circulation in A2 format on 12-48 pages.

Russian fashion and lifestyle magazine ceased

Russian publishing house Kommersant has shut down its monthly fashion magazine Сitizen K.  It used to be a Russian edition of a French magazine published monthly with 38,000 copies.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1962090

Polish celebrities and entertainment magazine appointed a new editorial assistant

Polish fortnightly magazine Show covering lifestyle, celebrities and entertainment, has got a new editorial assistant Agnieszka Niedek. Prior to this she worked at similar positions at Existence magazine. She can be reached at agnieszka.niedek@bauer.pl.   
Show magazine is published by Bauer publishing house with 500,000 circulation.

Croatian daily newspaper Vjestnik website ceased

Croatian Vjestnik was launched in 1940 and was mostly recently published with around 10,000 copies, and stopped appearing in its print form this spring. Its website has not been updated since June 12 as well.


Serbian magazine HELLO! with its special edition BEAUTY BOOK

Serbian magazine Hello! has issued its special edition BEAUTY BOOK. 

It covers beauty, cosmetics, celebrities, fashion, fitness and health. It has been produced by the editorial team of Hello! magazine led by its editor Saša Tošić (sasa.tosic@color.rs).

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Russian radio station Shanson with a new editor-in-chief

The former editor of the Russian radio station Shanson Artur Vafin has left his position. Roman Shakhov has been appointed its acting editor and can be reached at djshakhov@chanson.ru. Radio Shanson was launched in 2000 and broadcasts Russian pop music all over Russian Federation. (http://www.facebook.com/radioshanson).  




Czech publisher Choice Media with a new magazine Business Woman

Czech publisher Choice Media starts publishing a magazine Business Woman covering women in top management and politics. It will be published 10 issues per year with FPC costing 4,000 EUR. Its Production Manager Eva Sedlackova can be contacted on eva.sedlackova@choicemedia.cz.



International edition for a Russian shopping guide

Russian shopping guide Ya pokupayu starts its international Spain-Andorra edition this summer with 10,000 circulation. It will be published by Russian Abak-Press and Spanish ASTARTA MEDIA SLU. Its director Svetlana Krolivetskaya will oversee its production.  


Russian language lifestyle magazine in Czech Republic

Czech publisher Mlada fronta has launched a quarterly Russian language lifestyle magazine Zen with 20,000 circulation. The editorial team is led by its Chief Editor Jan Müller, who is also responsible for Czech edition of Zen, and can be contacted on mullerj@mf.cz.










Editorial changes at Polish Elle

Ina Lekiewicz is moving to Polish Elle magazine as its fashion editor from the similar position at Glamour at the beginning of June 2012. Elle's editorial team can be reached at elle@elle.com.pl.  





More interior design publications in Russia

Russian publisher Paramon has launched its Voronezh edition of interior magazine Interier bez granits with 7,000 circulation. It is a monthly magazine with interior solutions and products with prices and features, interior ideas and design projects.  

A new Polish travel magazine Kontynenty is on the market

Polish publisher Agora has published a quarterly travel magazine Kontynenty. It includes travel stories and interviews, travel destinations and reports. The magazine has got 160 pages and edited by Dariusz Fedor. Facebook: http://pl-pl.facebook.com/pages/Kontynenty/40006942

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Ecology magazine Ekologia i Rynek has appeared in Poland

Ekologia i Rynek is a monthly magazine covering ecology and environment. It will be distributed nationwide with 30,000 copies' circulation. The editorial team is led by Zbigniew Biskupski and can be contacted on biuro@ekorynek.com.
The magazine can be found in social media - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ekologiairynek and Google+: https://plus.google.com/108666704546802643886/posts.  









Azerbaijan's capital Baku with a new newspaper

A weekly newspaper New Baku Post has launched in Baku in Azerbaijan. It is published in Azerbaijani and Russian languages with initial circultion of 10,000 copies and is distributed freely. The newspaper is edited by Russian language editor Kenan Guluzade and Azeri language editor Tofik Abbasov. You can follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/newbakupost.  


Another fitness magazine for women in Poland

A women's monthly magazine Happy! covering fitness, dieting, sports and beauty has launched in Poland with 220,000 circulation. It is planned that the circulation will be around 170,000 later on. The FPC advertising in the magazine is 40,000.00 PLN. The magazine is published by Agora Publishing and the editorial team is managed by the editor Anna Jablonska.: http://vimeo.com/40520337.





The same publisher Agora started a new gardening magazine last month called Magnolia.

The magazine targets gardening and plants growing amateurs. The magazine has got 116 pages and 124,000 copies' circulation. Dariusz Raczko has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the title.  








Ukraine welcomes a new entertainment newspaper Vecherkom

Ukrainian publisher Segodnya Multimedia has launched weekly entertainment and consumer newspaper Vecherkom with 50,000 circulation with the editor Lev Shmalev. The newspaper appears on Fridays with A3 format and contains TV guide, celebrities, gardening and cookery sections, horoscopes and crosswords, and entertainment for the whole family.  

The editor Alexander Golovin left Bankovskoye obozreniye

Bankovskoye Obozreniye is the main banking magazine in Russia and is published with 10,000 circulation. The magazine covers trends and new tendencies in banking and banking markets.
The magazine is present in social media - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bosfera and Twitter: https://twitter.com/bosfera.

The editorial director Dmitri Ravkin serves currently as acting editor. Their editorial team is happy to receive press materials and news in Russian language on news@bosfera.ru.

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A new magazine about franchising in Czech Republic

Czech publisher PROFIT system has launched a new quarterly magazine Vlastni firma Franchising dedicated to franchising and small business. Barbora Stanglova is the Chief Editor and can be contacted on bstanglova@profitsystem.cz.

PROFIT system also publishes magazines about franchising in Ukraine and Poland.




Russian business Magazine RBC with a new editor

Anton Popov, the acting editor at the title, has been appointed editor-in-chief of Russian business magazine RBC.

Popov and the editorial team can be reached at magazine@rbc.ru. Please check out media directory for the full listing of their editorial personnel.

Monthly business magazine RBC targets top managers and companies owners and is distributed with 145,000 copies' circulation. It covers business and economics, investments and business developments, but also technology and cultural events.
It is available online at http://magazine.rbc.ru and is present on on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MagazineRBC.


Serbian magazine Joy can be found online now

Serbian magazine Joy has got a new website joy.rs focused on fashion and beauty, celebrities and lifestyle.
Online editor Milana Kondic can be contacted on milana.kondic@color.rs

New chief editor at Russian daily Moskvskiye Novosti

Igor Guzhva has been appointed a chief editor at Russian newspaper Moskovskiye Novosti. Prior to this Guzhva has been the editor at Ukrainian daily newspaper Segodnya.


Georgian Forbes without the editor

Revaz Sakevarishvili, the Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Forbes magazine, has resigned from his position.
http://www.media.ge/en/stories/revaz_sakevarishvili_to_
The first issue of Forbes Georgia appeared in December 2011 and is published by JSC Media Partners with 3,000 copies circulation.

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Russian business radio station Finam FM with a new editor

Ekaterina Romanova has become a new director/editor-in-chief of Russian Finam FM radio station, after its founder and director Oleg Romanov left the station.


Finam FM started broadcasting in 2008 with business news and classic rock. Ekaterina Romanova and the editorial team can be contacted on press@finam.fm.

Russian Playboy welcomes a new editor-in-chief

Russian publishing house Burda has appointed Alexey Korolev the editor-in-chief of Russian edition of Playboy magazine. He has replaced Vlad Ivanenko on this position, who will concentrate on Ukrainian edition of Playboy magazine.

Russian Playboy comes out monthly since 2002. Korolev and the editorial team can be reached at playboy@burda.ru.




Editorial changes at Czech weekly magazine Tyden

Martin Hekrdla has recently joined Czech magazine Tyden as its commentator, Josef Kolina is responsible now for the coverage of transport issues, and Jakub Kalensky covers home affairs, politics and current news. Prior to this Jakub Kalensky has worked at Lidove noviny, Hospodarske noviny and Czech TV.
Josef Kolina has also moved on from Lidove Noviny, where he has written about motoring and transport. Martin Hekrdla has written in the past for Listy, ZN Noviny and has been a poltical commentator at Pravo.

Please check out our Slavicmediaonline.com for full details on editorial contacts.

A new volleyball magazine on Polish market

A new Polish monthly volleyball magazine called Nowa Siatkowka will be launched next week with 10,000 copies. At the moment they can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NowaSiatkowka.

It will be published by the publishing house Sport and the editorial team will be led by Agnieszka Garbacik.








The UK magazine Granta comes to Bulgaria

First issue of a literature magazine Granta Bulgaria will be published in Bulgaria in May 2012 and will be edited by Svetlozar Zhelev.
The magazine will also contain works of contemporary Bulgarian writers. The magazine can be currently found on Facebook on http://bg-bg.facebook.com/grantabg. The director and editor-in-chief Svetlozar Zhelev can be contacted on svetlyo@ciela.net.







Ukrainian magazine Elle has got its own website

The Ukrainian website Elle.com.ua for the Elle magazine launched on March 1.

The website contains fashion news and beauty trends of the season, reports from the fashion weeks, beauty-and-shopping, reviews, video shows, backstage, exclusive photo shoots, parties and celebrities, cultural events and travel.

Anna Medvedeva, the director of the online project, can be reached at Amedvedeva@elle.com.ua.

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Russian national weekly Delovoy Vtornik has been re-named for Novy Vtornik

The newspaper covers the current social, political and economic issues, and what is happening in the country.

New Tuesday comes out as supplement to regional newspapers, and focuses on quality journalism covering various topics.
The newspaper is published in all eight federal regions of Russian Federation with the circulation of 550,000 copies per week.

Its editor Leonid Arikh and the editorial team can be reached at vtornik@nvtornik.ru.

Editorial changes at Czech economics weekly magazine

Lukas Kovanda has been recently appointed Deputy Editor at Czech economics weekly Profit. He has moved from his position of chief economics analyst at weekly magazine Tyden. http://profit.tyden.cz/clanek/zastupcem-sefredaktora-casopisu-profit-se-stal-lukas-kovanda/

Profit comes out weekly with the audited circulation of 20,467 copies.

The editorial team of the magazine can be contacted on redakce@profit.cz.











Polish Newsweek has got a new Editor-in-Chief

Tomasz Lis has been appointed to lead editorial team of Polish Newsweek, and Aleksandra Karasinska has joined the title as his deputy editor.

Newsweek Polska is published weekly by Ringier Axel Springer Polska. Tomasz Lis has replaced its former editor Wojciech Maziarski on the editorial position, who left the title.

Tomasz Lis started his career in 1990 in the TV news programme at TVP. In the years 1994-1997 he was Washington correspondent for Polish TV. Afterwards Lis had his news programmes at two other Polish TV stations: TVN and Polsat.
For the last two years he has edited the weekly magazine Wprost. http://www.ringieraxelspringer.pl/biuro-prasowe/informacje-prasowe

The magazine is published weekly with the circulation of 172,817 copies.
The editorial team of Newsweek Polska can be reached at redakcja@newsweek.pl.


Irina Sokol has been appointed editorial director of Russian Shopping Guide (Moscow edition)

Shopping Guide in Moscow is part of the network of Russian shopping guides Ya pokupayu. published by Abak-Press. The network includes 18 publications in major Russian cities. The Moscow edition comes out monthly with 55,000 copies' circulation.
Regular features of the magazine cover fashion, beauty and health, cars, gadgets and design, and home, travel and entertainment. http://shopping-guide.lookmart.ru/

The editorial team of the magazine can be contacted on info@moscow.apress.ru.

New editor at Ukrainian magazine Kontrakty

Elena Shramko has become the editor of Ukrainian weekly business magazine Kontrakty.

The magazine was launched in 1990 and is written in Russian language. It covers main events of the week, includes interviews with politicians and senior government officials, and provides analysis of current economic situation in Ukraine and the world, management of corporate and personal finances, and big business in Ukraine.

The magazine is distributed in Ukraine nationwide with 53,500 copies.


Elena Shramko can be contacted on shramko@gc.kiev.ua.