http://registan.net/index.php/2006/08/25/new-chief-at-koort-tv/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 03:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://registan.net/index.php/2006/08/25/new-chief-at-koort-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-278586 olivia Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:36:10 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6618#comment-278586 you forgot that he also makes really bizarre people press secretaries. also, as i wrote about a few times on eurasianet in 2004, the whole nts/pyramida thing was very weird from the beginning, and always sketchier than any of the rumors even indicated. you forgot that he also makes really bizarre people press secretaries. also, as i wrote about a few times on eurasianet in 2004, the whole nts/pyramida thing was very weird from the beginning, and always sketchier than any of the rumors even indicated.

]]> http://registan.net/index.php/2006/08/25/new-chief-at-koort-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-277940 Edil Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:53:19 +0000 http://www.registan.net/?p=6618#comment-277940 Malevannaya's success at NTS is due to generous funding the channel received and a critical position towards Bakiev's administration taken by the channel owners (MP Babanov). After 'Alyans' - the network of gas stations co-owned by Babanov with his Moscow chechen partners was bought out by Gazprom, rumours abound about NTS also giving up its independent position. Malevannaya's transfer to KOORT, long believed to be taken over by Bakiev's son, is not a tragedy for free media. The tragedy is that with electronic media - what really counts is who owns the channels and not journalistic professionalism. Malevannaya’s success at NTS is due to generous funding the channel received and a critical position towards Bakiev’s administration taken by the channel owners (MP Babanov). After ‘Alyans’ – the network of gas stations co-owned by Babanov with his Moscow chechen partners was bought out by Gazprom, rumours abound about NTS also giving up its independent position. Malevannaya’s transfer to KOORT, long believed to be taken over by Bakiev’s son, is not a tragedy for free media. The tragedy is that with electronic media – what really counts is who owns the channels and not journalistic professionalism.

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