Putin's Press: How Russia's President Controls The News
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vladimir-putin-russia-news-media_56215944e4b0bce34700b1df
During his subsequent year in power, Putin moved more
and more outlets under his influence until he controlled most of
the major mainstream media. He appoints editors and general
directors, either officially or unofficially. The director of
VGTRK, the biggest [state] media holding, which owns Rossiya 1,
Rossiya 2 etc., is appointed by presidential decree, for
example. When it comes to so-called independent media, which are
smaller and not owned by the state, there's often an agreement
between the Kremlin, the owner and the editor-in-chief. Even
Aleksey Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of Echo Moskvy, which is
sometimes called the last remaining independent radio station in
Russia but in reality isn't independent, says publicly that
Putin is the only person who can fire him.
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