Owner of Rambler%26Co holding Alexander Mamut
the New editor-in-chief of "Gazety.Ru" became Olga Alekseeva who headed before department "Business". Appointment took place in some hours after Svetlana Babayeva'sresignation by the New editor-in-chief of "Gazety.Ru" Olga Alekseeva is appointed. It at a meeting with collective was declared by Alexander Mamut, the owner of Rambler %26 Co holding which includes the edition. Before appointment to the post of the editor-in-chief Alekseev headed in edition business department. In "Gazete.Ru" it works more than 10 years. Three interlocutors of RBC in edition connect Alekseeva's appointment with her "good relations" with Mamut.
to"17 years ago "Newspaper" read only on the computer, now a third of audience reads us from screens of mobile devices. In the near future we will give the freshest and actual information, applying new technologies. It is sure that we by all means will head this digital-revolution" — the RNS agency quotes Alekseeva.
Alekseev'sreplaced on a post of the editor-in-chief Svetlana Babayeva, about which leaving were reported by Rambler %26 So in the morning. Babayevo headed the edition with sentyabrya 2013. Before was the editor of department of policy in "News" and supervised correspondent's offices "RIA Novosti news agency" in Great Britain and the USA.
In the message of Rambler %26 Co it was noted by p that Babayevo left the post in connection with contract expiration. Thus four sources of RBC in edition of "Gazety.Ru" told that it is a question "of resignation" and for Babayeva the decision of the shareholder became "surprise". The leaving of Babayevo declared editions in the morning on July 5, one of interlocutors of RBC told. on specified that at that moment of Babayevo did not know the reasons of the dismissal .
of Babayevo and Alekseev at the time of the publication did not respond to the requests of RBC.
the So Rambler %26 Holding was created by p as a result of association of media assets of businessmen Vladimir Potanin and Alexander Mamut: they own structure on a parity basis, Mamut is engaged in management. Following the results of May, 2016 of "Gazeta.Ru" was the Internet edition second for attendance as a part of Rambler %26 So: the audience of a site made 7,9 million people (without a mobile traffic), according to TNS Web Index. For comparison: in May, 2015 the audience of the edition made 10,2 million unique users, in May of the 2014th — 9,9 million
Besides "Gazety.Ru" are included into holding the Lenta.ru editions, "Firm Secret", "Poster", news agency RNS, a sports portal of "Chempionat.Com", LiveJournal blogging platform, etc. Cumulative monthly audience of all portals of holding — 36 million unique users.
the Personnel question
In March, 2014 personnel changes happened in Lenta.ru: according to Mamut's decision the post of the editor-in-chief was left by Galina Timchenko. In the Internet edition it worked from the moment of foundation in 1999 and headed it 10 years. In day of dismissal of Timchenko Roskomnadzor took out to the edition the prevention for the publication of interview to one of leaders of the Right Sector organization forbidden in Russia Andrey Tarasenko. The prevention took out department because of a hyperlink containing in the text on article of the founder "Right sector" Dmitry Yarosh.
Timchenko's Place was taken by the former editor-in-chief of the Vzglyad newspaper Alexey Goreslavsky. However in February, 2016 Goreslavsky with positions of the editor-in-chief of Lenta.ru was replaced by Alexander Belonovsky. Before arrival to Lenta.ru Belonovsky of 13 years worked in RBC: passed a way from the head of department to the deputy general director of holding. Goreslavsky now holds a post of the executive director on Rambler %26 Co holding media.
with the assistance of Elizabeth Antonova, Elizabeth Surnacheva, Polina Rusyaeva