Kyiv Post
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| URL | KyivPost.com |
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| Slogan | Independence. Community. Trust. |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | News |
| Registration | Not required |
| Available language(s) | English Ukrainian Russian |
| Owner | Mohammad Zahoor |
| Launched | September 1, 1995 [1][2] |
| Current status | News-in media |
The Kyiv Post is Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper.
[edit] History
The Kyiv Post was founded in September 1995 (as part of KP Media)[1] by an American, Jed Sunden.[2] The paper covers politics, business and entertainment. The staff is a team of Western and Ukrainian journalists. Historically, the editorial policy has supported democracy and free markets. It has published investigative stories, including coverage of the 2000 murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the 2004 Orange Revolution and political corruption. The Kyiv Post launched a Ukrainian-Russian language version of the paper in July 2010 to reach a mass audience,
KP Media (thus Sunden) sold the newspaper to British citizen Mohammad Zahoor on July 28, 2009.[3] Zahoor owns the ISTIL Group and is a native of Pakistan and a former (since 2008) trader in steel production in Donetsk.[4] Zahoor publishes the newspaper through his Public Media company.
From December 14, 2010, The Kyiv Post began blocking all internet traffic from the United Kingdom (UK) as a protest against UK libel law.[5] Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash had started a libel lawsuit against Kyiv Post in the UK at the time; the case was struck out late February 2011 because the UK court believed Firtash had no major connection with the country.[6]
On April 15, 2011, the publisher fired editor Brian Bonner for publishing an interview with a government minister despite the owner’s request to drop it, allegedly under pressure from the government. Journalists on the paper went on strike in protest. Zahoor reinstated Bonner as an editor on April 20, 2011, ending the strike. The weekly newspaper never missed a print issue during the work stoppage. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b About KP Media, KP Media
- ^ a b Kyiv Post founder reflects on 14 years as newspaper’s owner, reasons for sale, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2009)
- ^ Letter from the publisher, Kyiv Post (November 19, 2009)
- ^ Mohammad Zahoor buys Kyiv Post for an estimated $1.1 million, Kyiv Post (July 30, 2009)
- ^ Kyiv Post homepage, accessed 2011-01-20 from the UK
- ^ A libel without a cause, Varsity (24th February 2011)
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/ukraine-newspaper-idUSLDE73H0HC20110418
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