AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Kommersant Editors Fear Changes.
(From The Moscow Times)
Senior Kommersant editors Thursday cast doubt on Alisher Usmanov's claim that he would not tamper with the newspaper's editorial policy after he acquired it.
"It would be too early to say now whether I believe promises that the editorial policy of Kommersant will be left unchanged," chief editor Vladislav Borodulin told RIA-Novosti while attending a Beijing forum of editors of Chinese and Russian media.
Another senior Kommersant staffer was more blunt. "All this talk of this being some kind of private investment -- give me a break," he said. Several senior staff members may soon leave, he added.
A senior writer at the paper confirmed that deputy editor Alexander Shadrin, responsible for business coverage, resigned Wednesday.
Tatyana Lysova, the top editor at Vedomosti, Kommersant's main rival, expressed deep reservations about the change in ownership. "We like to see a strong competitor," she said. "In the immediate period after the sale, business readers' trust in Kommersant is likely to drop."
Alluding to Usmanov's senior role at state-controlled Gazprom and his metals assets, Lysova added: "Everyone knows about Usmanov and his range of businesses. At first, readers will be skeptical, looking to spot his influence in the coverage of certain topics."
- Kommersant Goes to Usmanov for $200M.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire August 31, 2006 700+ words
...magnate Alisher Usmanov said Wednesday...was buying the Kommersant business daily...200 million. Usmanov said the editorial...would acquire Kommersant and its publishing...a day or two. Usmanov, 52, has a personal...
- Russian Kommersant publishing house sold to businessman Usmanov - website.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports September 3, 2006 700+ words
...Businessman Alisher Usmanov, a Gazprom partner...deal to buy the Kommersant publishing house...Publishing House Kommersant has been sold to...partner Alisher Usmanov. The approximate...dollars. According to Usmanov's own figures...stock company Kommersant. Izdatelskiy Dom...
- How he made his pile: Alisher Usmanov investor.(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Management Today June 1, 2008 700+ words
...five on the Sunday Times Rich List. Usmanov, 54, has interests in gas, metals...Uzbekistan's deputy prosecutor-general, Usmanov was jailed in 1980 on 'trumped-up...Metalloinvest Group and the influential Kommersant newspaper, and has stakes in steelmaker...
- Gazprom transfers Moldovan region's gas debts to tycoon Usmanov - paper.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports April 10, 2007 700+ words
...region's gas debts to businessman Alisher Usmanov, a Russian newspaper has said. The rebel...refused to acknowledge the liabilities. Usmanov will act on the Kremlin's behalf, and...hands over Dniester region to Alisher Usmanov. President Smirnov refuses to pay new...
- Usmanov rules out immediate move for increased Arsenal stake.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 23, 2008 700+ words
(From Guardian Unlimited) Alisher Usmanov, the Russian billionaire who is a major...exclusive interview with the Guardian, Usmanov said his London‑based...happened in the last year poses questions," Usmanov said. "When in the space of a year four...
- City & Corporate: Corus scuppered Usmanov with PR.(Alisher Usmanov, public...
- Newspaper article from: PR Week (UK) April 30, 2004 700+ words
...had heard of Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, let alone had a clue how he made his...it was achieved without any debate on Usmanov's key proposal that iron ore and semi...assisted browse to see what snippets of Usmanov's past had made it to the press down...
- Usmanov Snaps Up 5% of Corus.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 16, 2003 700+ words
...British members of parliament. Alisher Usmanov, the CEO of Gazprom subsidiary Gazprominvestholding...000 workers from one of its plants. Usmanov, a native Uzbek, explained his decision...Russian analysts were cautious in evaluating Usmanov's decision, saying it looked like a...
- Judge Says Usmanov Doesn't Have to Be Party to Lawsuit.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 9, 2008 700+ words
...that Metalloinvest half-owner Alisher Usmanov be named as a third party in a suit filed...stake in Norilsk Nickel to Potanin and Usmanov and buy Potanin's stake in Polyus Gold...believe it is necessary to involve Mr. Usmanov in the process as a third party, as the...
- Corus fights Usmanov board nomination.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 16, 2004 700+ words
...appointment of a director nominated by Alisher Usmanov, the Russian businessman and a key shareholder of the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker. Mr Usmanov, the group's second-largest shareholder...five years ago, to the Corus board. Mr Usmanov has been pushing for the appointment as...
- Usmanov increased share-holding in Arsenal.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire February 16, 2009 700+ words
...owned by the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, has today increased its shareholding in Arsenal to over 25%. Usmanov did have a 24% share in the club already...shareholder at the club, has yet to offer Usmanov a seat on the board but may now be forced...