Monday, October 10, 2005

Russia/New Magazines/Foreign Media Giants

Ria Novosti: Two leading Western magazines to launch Russian versions

"Two leading Western business magazines, BusinessWeek and The Economist, are set to launch Russian-language versions due to the West's increasing interest in the local market, Izvestia, a respected daily, said Thursday."

"Alexei Volin, the president of the Rodionov publishing house that would publish the Russian version of BusinessWeek, said the house's another publication, Profil, had long been cooperating with BusinessWeek."

"The Independent Media publishing house, which also publishes the Moscow Times English-language daily, would soon release the Russian-language version of The Economist, Izvestia said."

"A number of leading Western publications already have their Russian-language editions, from Newsweek to Cosmopolitan and Vogue."

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