Novynar

Novynar (Ukrainian: Newsmaker)[1] was a weekly news magazine briefly published in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2007 to 2008.

Novynar
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherJed Sunden
First issueAugust 2007
Final issue2008
CompanyKP Media
CountryUkraine
Based inKyiv
LanguageUkrainian
OCLC176064896

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.[3]

The magazine was part of the KP Media which also owned Kyiv Post[4] and 15 Minutes, a metro daily.[5] The publisher was an American businessman, Jed Sunden.[6] It was published weekly in Kyiv.[7]

The KP media reported the initial circulation of Novynar as 15,000 copies in August 2007.[3]

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.[5]

See also

References
  1. Oleksandr Sushko; Olena Prystayko (2010). "Nations in Transit. Ukraine" (PDF). REF World. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. "KP Media Announces Launch of New Ukrainian-Language News Magazine". Concerde Capital. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. "Ukraine daily newsletter" (PDF). BNE. 21 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. "Magazines turn to Ukrainian". Kyiv Post. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. Natalya Ryabinska (November–December 2011). "The Media Market and Media Ownership in Post-Communist Ukraine". Problems of Post-Communism. 58 (6): 3–20. doi:10.2753/PPC1075-8216580601. S2CID 155910833.
  6. Taras Kuzio (2015). Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism. Santa Barbara, CA; Denver, CO: Praeger. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4408-3503-2.
  7. "Full measure of democracy". USUBC. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  8. "Provincialism in the Diaspora and Ukraine". Religious Information Service of Ukraine. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. "Media sustainability Index 2009" (PDF). IREX. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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