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Plans for new Arkhangelsk media holding

The investor, which recently bought the Pravda Severa newspaper in Arkhangelsk, plans to include the newspaper in a new regional media holding.

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New director of the newspaper Sergey Nikolayev in a press conference this week confirmed that the new planned media holding would include Pravda Severa, newspaper Severny Komsomolets and several other newspapers and websites.

Negotiations are going on over the new holding, Mr. Nikolayev told the journalists, Regnum reports. He also underlined that the merging of regional newsmakers is not based in any political motivation.

As BarentsObserver reported, the Pravda Severa, the biggest newspaper in Arkhangelsk Oblast, has got new owners and a new editor in chief.