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'''TUT.BY''' is an independent information and service website in the [[Russian language|Russian]] language, one of the 5 most popular sites in Belarus{{sfn|Doroshevich|Sokolova|2016|p=149}} and the most popular news web portal in the country.<ref>{{cite web
'''TUT.BY''' is an information and service website in the [[Russian language|Russian]] language. It is based in [[Minsk, Belarus]]. In 2019, the website was read by [https://tutby.com/news/5352.html 62.58%]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tut.by/press/628842.html|title=62% аудитории Байнета — охват TUT.BY по данным gemiusAudience|last=|first=|date=|website=TUT.BY|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> of all Belarusian internet users.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.euneighbours.eu/en/east/eu-in-action/stories/sustainable-media-key-independence|title=Sustainable media: the key to independence|last=|first=|date=27 April 2018|work=EU NEIGHBOURS east|access-date=}}</ref>
|language = ru
The newsroom includes 50 journalists. TUT.BY publishes around 200 news pieces about on domestic and foreign agenda daily. These include original stories and video, analytics, special projects, online broadcasts. In addition to the news section, TUT.BY has specialized sections (Auto, Lady, Finance, Afisha, Realty, Sport and others) and services like weather, exchange rates and others.
|url = http://www.infopolicy.biz/?p=14236
|title = Инфографика дня: Беларуская интернет аудитория в первом полугодии 2020
|trans-title=Belarus Web Audience in the first half of 2020
|publisher = Information Policy
|date = 2020-07-09
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://www.infopolicy.biz/?p=11668
|title = Онлайн медиа в Беларуси, апрель 2019
|trans-title=Belarus Online Media, April 2019
|publisher = Information Policy
|date = 2019-05-17
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> The headquarters is based in [[Minsk, Belarus]]<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mediakritika.by/article/2584/newsroom-v-gostyah-u-novogo-ofisa-portala-tutby
|title =Newsroom: В гостях у нового офиса портала TUT.BY
|trans-title = Newsroom: New Office of Tut.by
|publisher = Mediakritika
|date = 2014-10-31
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>. In 2019, the website was read by 62.58% of all Belarusian Internet users<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.euneighbours.eu/en/east/eu-in-action/stories/sustainable-media-key-independence
|title=Sustainable media: the key to independence
|date=2018-04-27
|work=EU NEIGHBOURS east|access-date=2020-07-08}}</ref> with monthly visits rate around 200 mln.<ref name=bolshoi/>

TUT.BY publishes around 200 articles on domestic and foreign agenda daily, including original stories and video, analytics, special projects, and online broadcasts. Apart from the news section, TUT.BY has numerous specialized sections (Auto, Lady, Finance, Afisha, Realty, Sport, and others) and services like weather, exchange rates, etc.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=17}} The editorial standard claims to prioritize socially important, actual topics on Belarus and world agenda{{sfn|Gradushko|2019|p=35}} in compliance with [[Journalism ethics and standards|Journalism ethics]].<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mediakritika.by/article/tutby-mezhdu-interesami-biznesa-i-auditorii
|title = TUT.BY: между интересами бизнеса и аудитории
|trans-title=Tut.by: Between Business and Audience
|publisher = Mediakritika
|date = 2020-07-25
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

Tut.by was registered as an online media on January 21, 2019.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mininform.gov.by/news/all/zaregistrirovano-novoe-setevoe-izdanie/
|title = Зарегистрировано новое сетевое издание
|publisher = Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus
|date = 2019-01-21
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
=== Launch and Early Years===
* The Belarusian portal TUT.BY was founded in 2000.
In March 2000 tech journalist Sergey Dmitriev wrote on the forum of the newspaper “Komp'yuternyye vesti” saying that he had an idea to create a Belarusian internet project, and he was ready to gift that idea to anyone who puts it into life. His appeal attracted the attention of Yuri Zisser, the head of the private enterprise "Nadezhnyye programmy". Their meeting on 15 March 2000 can be considered the date of the start of TUT.BY. Nikolay Romanovsky suggested the name to the website.
In March 2000 tech journalist Sergey Dmitriev posted on the forum of the newspaper ‘Computer News’ (lit. ‘Komp'yuternyye vesti’) that he had an idea to create a free Belarusian email service. The post attracted the attention of [[Yuri Zisser]], then the head of the private enterprise "Nadezhnyye programmy". On March 15, 2000, they had their first personal meeting, this day is considered to be the start of TUT.BY. Dmitriev invited Andrey Kononovich and Kirill Voloshin (journalists of the newspaper ‘Komp'yuternyye vesti’). Zisser invited Danil Rudenko, a first-year student in [[Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics|BSUIR]] and a programmer with experience in developing electronic mail services and websites. Kononovich, Voloshin and Rudenko contributed to the launch of the project. The portal’s name was made up by Zisser’s friend Nikolay Romanovsky, other variants were ‘holub.by’ and ‘busel.by’<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
Sergey Dmitriev wanted to make a free e-mail service for Belarusians, similar to Mail.Ru. Andrey Kononovich and Kirill Voloshin (journalists of the newspaper “Komp'yuternyye vesti”), and Danil Rudenko, a programmer with experience in developing electronic mail services and websites, contributed to the launch of the project. After some consideration, the idea transformed into the project of a Belarusian portal under the supervision of Zisser, Voloshin and Rudenko. The founder of TUT.BY Yuri Zisser said their goal was to create a Belarusian Yahoo.
|author=Korovaiko, A.
In the beginning portal offered free e-mail service, news with an archive, weather forecast, exchange rates, fuel prices, forums and hit counters. Later it began to provide paid website hosting and sell online advertising. Gradually new sections, services and projects appeared on TUT.BY.
|url = https://news.tut.by/it/149135.html
* In August 2016 TUT.BY launched a non-commercial news project about Belarus in English for the foreign audience. The project was named [http://belarusfeed.com BelarusFeed].
|title = Юрий Зиссер: "Девять лет мы ориентируемся на Беларусь"
* The founder of TUT.BY Yuri Zisser received [https://news.tut.by/press/533780.html “Advocacy leader 2016”] award from the Assembly of business circles for his lasting effort to promote civilized and transparent dialogue between business and government.
|publisher = New Tut.by
* Around the same time TUT.BY published [https://www.unglobalcompact.org/participation/report/cop/create-and-submit/learner/339531 Sustainability report]. The report describes cases with TUT.BY’s initiatives in human rights and environment protection.
|date = 2009-10-05
In 2017 TUT.BY was recognized a well-known [https://news.tut.by/society/542175.html trade mark] in Belarus.
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
In 2017 TUT.BY joined the [https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=189027&lang=ru Free Basics] project, a joint initiative of mobile service provider life and Facebook to ensure the availability of mobile Internet. TUT.BY supplied news for the project alongside Wikipedia, UN Women and others.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
TUT.BY and BelarusFeed created a collection of [http://marketing.by/keysy/dushevnye-otkrytki-welcome-to-belarus-ot-tut-by-i-belarusfeed-/ postcards “Welcome To Belarus”]. The postcards were handed out to foreigners travelling to Belarus to mark the introduction of the 5 days visa-free entry.
|language = ru
In 2017 TUT.BY was among 30 Belarusian companies that signed the “Cooperation agreement of the socially responsible companies in Belarus in the implementation of corporate social responsibility projects”. The agreement was initiated by the local social fund Fond Dobra, part of the [[:ru:TUT.BY#cite note-3|UN Global Compact Network Belarus]].
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%86%D1%83-tutby-15-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82/a-2382544
* In March 2018, Belarusian audience of TUT.BY for the first [http://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/tut-by-obognal-youtube-po-razmeru-auditorii-v-belarusi/ overtook] big online platforms like Yandex, Mail.Ru and YouTube.
|title = Отцу tut.by 15 лет
* In November 2018 TUT.BY signed the agreement with the Foundation "Directorate of the 2nd European Games 2019" to be info partner as part of Sport Ambassadors [http://news.21.by/other-news/2018/11/16/1656818.html project].
|trans-title = Tut.by Turns 15
* In January 2019 TUT.BY was [http://mininform.gov.by/news/all/zaregistrirovano-novoe-setevoe-izdanie/ registered] as an online media by The Ministry of Information.
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
*In February 2019, [[YouTube]] sent<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://marketing.by/mnenie/aleksandr-demidovich-tut-by-nativnye-spetsproekty-v-video-formate-trend-no-eto-netochno/|title=Александр Демидович, TUT.BY: Нативные спецпроекты в видео формате — тренд, но это неточно|last=|first=|date=19 February 2019|website=Marketing.by|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> the “Silver Button” (an award handed to the authors of popular channels) to TUT.BY as the portal’s video channel reached 100,000 subscribers.
|date = 2007-03-13
*In May 2019, a new absolute record<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tutby.com/news/5340.html|title=Новый рекорд у новостей TUT.BY|last=|first=|date=13 February 2019|website=https://tutby.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> in the history of the portal was set as news of all TUT.BY subdomains got [https://tutby.com/news/5352.html 178 million views] (web + apps, according to Yandex.Metrica).
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
*In June, free summer school of journalism for teenagers opened<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.tut.by/society/640236.html|title=Ты еще учишься, но уже хочешь писать для TUT.BY? Есть вариантик|last=|first=|date=5.06.2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> in TUT.BY office.
}}</ref>. The founders wanted Tut.by to become Belarusian Yahoo! and copied its business model. The development started in July and was finished in Autumn 2000.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=53}}<ref name=sudonull>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://sudonull.com/post/228853-Yuri-Zisser-We-have-chosen-the-Yahoo-business-model
|title = Yuri Zisser: “We have chosen the Yahoo business model”
|publisher = Sudonull
|date = 2016-09-15
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>


Tut.by was launched on the 5th of October, 2000, within months it became the most visited site on {{ill|Bynet|by|Байнет}}.<ref>{{cite web
== Awards ==
|language = ru
* Winner in the nomination “Most popular and visited Internet portal in the Republic of Belarus” (International festival and contest Choice Of The Year 2002).
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD/a-2145706
* Consumer nomination “Leader brand” according to the nationwide poll in the product group “Information websites” (Professional contest Brand Of The Year 2007-[http://news.techlabs.by/14_60352.html 2010], 2012, [http://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/pobediteli-konkursa-brend-goda-2013-foto/ 2013], 2014 and 2015).
|title = Какой белорусский интернет-портал наиболее популярен?
* 2015 – TUT.BY named a socially responsible mass media source for the regular coverage of the CSR projects of Belarusian business (the award for corporate social responsibility by the [https://jobs.tut.by/article/16523 International social economic fund Idea]).
|trans-title=What Local News Portal Is Most Popular in Belarus?
* 2016 – Winner among internet portals in the consumer nomination of the professional republican contest Brand Of The Year.
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
* TUT.BY became 11-times winner in the category “Information websites” at [https://brendgoda.by Brand Of The Year] 2017.
|date = 2006-08-26
* Afisha.TUT.BY and Realty.TUT.BY won in the nomination “Media with the best audience involvement”. Lady.TUT.BY and 42 won in the nomination “Most read media” of the international [https://mediator.media/ru/awards/2017/q1/ Mediator award] (Mail.Ru Group). Realty.TUT.BY was the runner-up in the nomination.
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
* 42.TUT.BY is among the winners of the international internet-media award [https://tutby.com/news/5299.html Mediator].
}}</ref> At first, it comprised free email service, news, weather forecast, currency rates, fuel prices, and a guest book. Later in 2000, the forum was added, soon Hoster.by hosting provider was registered.<ref name=baj/> In 2000 Tut.by had more than 20,000 unique visitors daily,{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=53-54}} by April 2001 daily traffic reached 1.2 mln visits.<ref name=sudonull/> Yury Zisser was awarded Person of the Year on ByNet title in 2002.<ref name=naviny/>
* TUT.BY сhief editor [http://belarusfeed.com/chief-editor-tutby-denied-termination-belta-case/ Marina Zolotova] was named Person Of The Year 2018 by Nasha Niva.
*TUT.BY сhief editor Marina Zolotova became<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naviny.by/article/20190409/1554802323-marina-zolotova-stala-laureatom-premii-gonar-zhurnalistyki-imeni-alesya|title=Марина Золотова стала лауреатом премии "Гонар журналістыкі" имени Алеся Липая|last=|first=|date=9 April 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> the first laureate of the Journalism Honar award. The award was established in memory of the founder of the BelaPAN information agency Ales Lipai. The award is presented to journalists who combine professional achievements with civil action, and contribute to the development of the media in Belarus and the emergence of the country as a democratic state.
*In May 2019 TUT.BY topped<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediaiq.by/article/rekordsmen-po-propagande-v-marte-telekanal-stv|title=Рекордсмен по пропаганде в марте — телеканал СТВ|last=|first=|date=|website=mediaiq.by|archive-url=|archive-date=2019-04-30|access-date=}}</ref> the Media IQ ranking, dedicated to compliance with journalism ethics in Belarus. Media IQ ranking is prepared by Press Club Belarus with the support of USAID and Pact.


In January 2002 the E-commerce centre was launched to provide free and paid services in site development, design, promotion, hosting, and domain registration.<ref name=aviator>{{cite web
==Popularity==
|language = ru
In the first half of 2020 the website ''tut.by'' was one of the most popular and reliable sources in [[Belarusian Wikipedia]].<ref>{{cite web|website=bestref.net|url=https://bestref.net/site/tut.by|accessdate=2020-07-21|archive-date= 2020-07-21|archive-url=https://archive.is/lnjk2|title=tut.by as a source in references of Wikipedia - BestRef}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| volume=11|date=2020-05-13|journal=Information|last2=Węcel|access-date=2020-07-21|first2=Krzysztof|last=Lewoniewski|title=Modeling Popularity and Reliability of Sources in Multilingual Wikipedia|first3=Witold|first=Włodzimierz|last3=Abramowicz|doi=10.3390/info11050263|issue=5|url = https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/11/5/263/htm}}</ref>
|url = http://internet-reklama.by/c/%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B/%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%B5-%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B/tut.by
|title = Tut.by
|publisher = Aviator
|date = 2012-05-30
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> In October 2002 the project became profitable, around 75% of income received from Hosting.by services and only 25% from the advertisement.<ref name=baj/><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kv.by/archive/index2002202106.htm
|title = Сколько Tut.By зарабатывает на интернет-рекламе
|trans-title=How Much Tut.by Gets for Web Advertising
|publisher = KV.by
|date = 2002
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> By the end of 2004 more than 30 theme sections were separated, including Music, Culture, Education, etc. At the same time, Kirill Voloshin was awarded Person of the Year on the ByNet prize.<ref name=naviny/> In 2004 Marina Zolotova took the post of editor-in-chief.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=54-55}}


In the beginning, Tut.by functioned as a news aggregator, a digest with a strong shift to business and economics.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=65}}{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=264-265}} It published news from such agencies like [[Interfax]] and [[Belarusian Telegraph Agency|BelTA]], media like [[Komsomolskaya Pravda|Kp.by]], etc.<ref name=conflict>{{cite web
According to [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]], the website ''tut.by'' is the 4th most popular website in Belarus.<ref name="alexa"/>
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/konflikt-agentstva-interfaks-zapad-i-portala-tut-by-prinyal-publichnuyu-formu/
|title = Конфликт агентства «Интерфакс-Запад» и портала TUT.by принял публичную форму
|trans-title=Interfax and Tut.by Conflict to Go Public
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2009-10-07
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> In 2005 the marketplace Shop.tut.by was launched, then followed by a Finance section with data on currency rates, savings, credits, personal finance management service, etc. At the end of 2006, Tut.by launched an IT department, and in a year a web-journals section was added. The company had 18 employees then. In the same year, 85% of annual revenue was brought by advertising, the rest by hosting services.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://habr.com/ru/post/4285/
|title = Юрий Зиссер: «Мы выбрали бизнес-модель Yahoo»
|publisher = Habr
|date = 2006-08-15
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref><ref name=aviator/> In December 2007 the portal launched its radio.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=53-54}}<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE-%D0%B2-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5/a-2999776
|title = Радио в Байнете
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2007-12-11
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=264}}


In February 2008 I.tut.by for personal communication was launched, uniting all the existed social services of Tut.by.<ref name=aviator/><ref>{{cite web
==Criticism==
|language = ru
In December 2017, Tut.By has been mentioned among several other Belarusian independent media that had allegedly removed or edited old news stories about the 2015 arrest and ten months long imprisonment of the businessman [[Viktor Prokopenya]] from their websites. This was allegedly done after the media were approached by Prokopenya's [[public relations]] advisors. The situation has caused a wide discussion among Belarusian journalists and media professionals.<ref>{{cite news|title="Пракапеня – герой, які ўскрыў гнайнік". Медыяаналітык распавёў, як заўважыў знікненне матэрыялаў у СМІ пра бізнесоўца ["Prakapenya is a hero who cut an abscess open". Media analyst tells how he discovered the disappearance of media articles about the businessman]|url=http://belsat.eu/programs/prakapenya-geroj-yaki-uskryu-gnajnik-medyyaanalityk-raspavyou-yak-zauvazhyu-zniknenne-materyyalau-u-smi-pra-biznesoutsa/|publisher=[[Belsat]]|date=27 December 2017|language=Belarusian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Пілецкі|first1=Алесь|title="Ніхто нічога страшнага не зрабіў". Рэдактары незалежных СМІ пра выдаленьне матэрыялаў пра Віктара Пракапеню ["Nobody did anything terrible". Editors of independent media about removing articles about Viktar Prakapenya]|url=https://www.svaboda.org/a/28941851.html|publisher=[[Radio Svaboda]]|date=27 December 2017|language=Belarusian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=#Прокопенягейт: Социальные сети гудят, независимые медиа говорят "ничего страшного не случилось" [#Prokopenyagate: social networks buzz, independent media say "nothing terrible happened"]|url=http://mediakritika.by/article/4830/prokopenyageyt-socialnye-seti-gudyat-nezavisimye-media-govoryat-nichego-strashnogo-ne|website=Mediakritika.by|date=27 December 2017|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Жерносек|first1=Ольга|title=Цензура Прокопени. Кто и почему скрывает от нас правду? [Prokopenya's Censorship: who and why is hiding the truth from us?]|url=https://belsat.eu/ru/in-focus/tsenzura-prokopeni-kto-i-pochemu-skryvaet-ot-nas-pravdu/|publisher=[[Belsat]]|date=27 December 2017|language=Russian}}</ref>
|url = https://p.dw.com/p/DDoC
|title = "Тутэйшая" социальная сеть
|trans-title=’Tut’ Social Network
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2008-02-26
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> By 2013 it had more than 246,000 registered users.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=117}}

In 2009 Tut.by went international. In collaboration with Russian and Kazakhstan partners it launched the Nur.kz news portal.<ref name=naviny>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://naviny.by/rubrics/computer/2011/10/05/ic_articles_128_175344
|title = 11 лет назад на TUT.by зашли первые 400 посетителей
|publisher = Naviny
|date = 2011-10-05
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> In 2010-2012 similar partnerships were made with Azerbaijan (Day.az), Uzbekistan (Olam.az), and Nigeria (Naij.com).<ref name=aviator/> Naji.com soon grew to 250.000 unique users and its Facebook gained 0.5 mln subscribers.{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=264}}

=== 2010s ===

In the 2010s the company continued its rapid development. By 2011 the staff grew to 50 extrabudgetary and 90 office workers.<ref name=naviny/> The mobile site version was launched and soon had more than 19,000 unique visitors per day.{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=264}} In Autumn 2012 the marketplace was launched. In 2013 the first regional office was opened in [[Gomel]]<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mediakritika.by/news/1608/tutby-otkryl-v-gomele-regionalnoe-predstavitelstvo
|title = TUT.by открыл в Гомеле региональное представительство
|trans-title=Tut.by to Open Second Office in Gomel
|publisher = Mediakritika
|date = 2013-10-29
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>. As of 2013, Tut.by homepage got 503,000 unique visitors daily,{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=55}} in 2014 Tut.by had 47.89% of all audience on ByNet.{{sfn|Doroshevich|Sokolova|2016|p=151}}

By 2015 forums at Tut.by accumulated more than 240,000 threads and 16.5 mln posts.<ref name=mediakritika>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mediakritika.by/article/2790/otvetstvennost-smi-za-kommentarii-na-sayte-kak-ne-poluchit-krasnuyu-kartochku
|title = Ответственность СМИ за комментарии на сайте: как не получить «красную карточку»
|trans-title=Media and Responsibility for User Comments
|publisher =Mediakritika
|date = 2015-01-28
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> In 2015 the catalog of Belarusian enterprises was separated into an independent editors office and received a new name Tam.by (wordplay ‘Tut’ lit. meaning ‘Here’ and ‘Tam’ meaning ‘There’).<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kv.by/content/337556-novosti-tut-kompanii-tam-proekt-katalog-tutby-obyavlyaet-o-rebrendinge-i-vykhode-pod-
|title = «Новости ТУТ, а компании ТАМ»: проект каталог TUT.BY объявляет о ребрендинге и выходе под новым брендом TAM.BY
|trans-title= “News on Tut.by, Companies on Tam.by”: Ta.by to Rebrand and Separate
|publisher = KV.by
|date = 2015-08-25
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>

In 2016 Tut.by had more than 780.000 unique visitors daily and more than 7.7 mln views, its staff almost reached 300 employees.<ref name=report>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ungc-production/attachments/cop_2017/385851/original/TUT.BY_Sustainability_report_UNO_2016.pdf?1495205136
|title = Sustainability report belarussian portal TUT.BY
|publisher = Tut.by
|date = 2016
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> That year on weekdays around 200 articles were published on the main page.{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|с=265}} I.Tut.by social network accumulated 150.000 registered users by 2016.{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=263}}

In 2017 TUT.BY was recognized as a well-known trademark in Belarus. It pioneered quality infographics on the ByNet, making this visualization tool an important part of the News section.{{sfn|Trushko|Shpakovsky|2018}} The company’s public account on Viber became the most popular among other media and reached 285.000 subscribers.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/kak-viber-vybiraet-partnerov-rukovoditel-otdela-prodazh-viber-rasskazal-pro-osobennosti-sotrudniches/
|title = Как Viber выбирает партнеров? Руководитель отдела продаж Viber рассказал про особенности сотрудничества компании
|trans-title=How Viber Chooses Partnerships?
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2017-08-11
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/ot-tut-by-do-onliner-by-kak-media-rabotayut-v-pablik-chatakh-viber-i-chto-im-eto-daet/
|title = От TUT.BY до Onliner.by. Как медиа работают в паблик аккаунтах Viber и что им это дает
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2017-11-09
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>{{sfn|Zaitsev|2017|p=21}} In 2017, Rabota.tut.by had more than 155.000 active resumes and 19392 vacancies published.{{sfn|Klunya|Gerasimuk|2019|p=9-10}} In March 2018, Belarusian audience of TUT.BY for the first overtook big online platforms like [[Yandex]], [[Mail.Ru]], and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/tut-by-obognal-youtube-po-razmeru-auditorii-v-belarusi/%20overtook
|title = TUT.BY обогнал Youtube по размеру аудитории в Беларуси
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2018-03-29
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>

As of 2019, more than 8.5 mln Tut.by pages were stored in Google index. More than 70% of users visited the site’s mobile version{{sfn|Gradushko|2019|p=169, 209}} According to Tut.by, in May 2019 a new record was set as news of all subdomains got 178 million views (web + apps, according to Yandex.Metrica).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tutby.com/news/5340.html|title=Новый рекорд у новостей TUT.BY|last=|first=|date=13 February 2019|website=https://tutby.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

=== 2020s===

The founder of Tut.by Yury Zisser passed away on the 17th of May, 2020.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|trans-title=Yury Zisser Dies at 60
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%B2-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8-%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0-tutby-%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80/a-53469711
|title =В Беларуси умер основатель портала Tut.by Юрий Зиссер
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2020-05-17
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

On May 29, 2020, the site was DDoSed and down for several hours. The attack coincided in time with the arrest of blogger Sergey Tikhanovsky, who had recently announced his run for presidency.<ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/22/belarus-activists-journalists-jailed-election-looms
|title = Belarus: Activists, Journalists Jailed as Election Looms
|publisher = Human Rights Watch
|date = 2020-05-22
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://naviny.by/new/20200529/1590781956-portal-tutby-soobshchil-o-hakerskoy-atake
|title = Портал TUT.by сообщил о хакерской атаке
|trans-title=Hackers Attack Tut.by
|publisher = Naviny.by
|date = 2020-05-29
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

== Social Responsibility and Non-Commercial Projects ==
In 2003 Tut.by established the Belarusian Content Projects Award for promising noncommercial websites. The competition significantly contributed to the development of independent media in ByNet.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=17}}

Since 2012 Hoster.by has initiated domain name auctions. All the income is donated to orphanages across Belarus.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/20-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C-%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0-by/a-17608899
|title = 20 лет Байнету: как зарождалась и как менялась зона .by
|trans-title=ByNet Turns 20: .by Zone History
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2014-05-05
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://hoster.by/clients/news/1013/
|title = Первый благотворительный аукцион доменов .BY стартует 1 октября
|trans-title=First Charity Auction to Start on the 1st of October
|publisher = Hoster.by
|date = 2012-08-30
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://news.mail.ru/economics/40651263/
|title = На вторичном рынке доменов в Беларуси оживление: на продажу выставили красивые имена
|trans-title=Domain Name Auctions on the Secondary Market of Belarus
|publisher = News Mail.ru
|date = 2020-02-19
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://digital-report.ru/hosting-provajdery-belarusi-vyskaza/
|title = Хостинг-провайдеры Беларуси высказали свое мнение об отмене срока защиты доменных имен от удаления
|publisher = Digital Report
|date = 2020-05-19
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

In August 2014 TUT.BY launched a non-commercial project BelarusFeed, targeted on the foreign audience who is interested in Belarus and wants to visit the country.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://zautra.by/news/news-24694
|title = 9 заметных белорусских проектов, которые объединили технологии и культуру
|trans-title=9 Important Belarusian Projects Uniting Technology and Culture
|publisher = Zavtra.by
|date = 2017-04-24
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/keysy/dushevnye-otkrytki-welcome-to-belarus-ot-tut-by-i-belarusfeed-/
|title =Душевные открытки “Welcome to Belarus” от TUT.BY и BelarusFeed
|trans-title=Welcome to Belarus Postcards by Tut.by and BelarusFeed
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2017-03-16
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

In 2014 the company joined the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN]] [[Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development]] programme.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://tutby.com/news/5269.html
|title = TUT.BY выпустил Отчет об устойчивом развитии по итогам 2016 года
|publisher =Tut.by
|date = 2017-05-23
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> Since then the company annually published Sustainability reports on its initiatives in human rights and environment protection.<ref name=report/> In the same year TUT.BY and life:) mobile operator launched the Freebasics project, a joint initiative to ensure the availability of mobile Internet.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://bel.biz/in-the-lens/life-besplatnyj-dostup/
|title =life:) открывает бесплатный доступ к Facebook и TUT.BY для своих абонентов
|publisher = Belarusian Business
|date = 2017-04-13
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> TUT.BY supplied news for the project alongside Wikipedia, UN Women and others. Among other projects, TUT.BY and BelarusFeed created a collection of postcards “Welcome To Belarus”. The postcards were handed out to foreigners travelling to Belarus to mark the introduction of the 5 days visa-free entry.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://marketing.by/keysy/dushevnye-otkrytki-welcome-to-belarus-ot-tut-by-i-belarusfeed-/
|title = Много часов работы и толика души: 10 заметных белорусских проектов, которые объединили технологии и культуру
|trans-title=Hours of Work and a Piece of Soul: 10 Important Belarusian Project Uniting Technology and Culture
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2017-04-18
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

In 2017 TUT.BY was among 30 Belarusian companies that signed the “Cooperation agreement of the socially responsible companies in Belarus in the implementation of corporate social responsibility projects”. The agreement was initiated by the local social fund Fond Dobra, part of the [[:ru:TUT.BY#cite note-3|UN Global Compact Network Belarus]].<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://dobra.by/AoC171128
|title = Cooperation agreement of the socially responsible companies in Belarus in the implementation of corporate social responsibility projects
|publisher = Dobra.by
|date = 2017
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> In November 2018 TUT.BY became the info partner in the II European Games 2019.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://news.21.by/other-news/2018/11/16/1656818.html
|title = TUT.BY стал информационным партнером II Европейских игр 2019 года в Минске
|trans-title=Tut.by to Become an Info Partner of II European Games 2019 in Minsk
|publisher = News 21 By
|date = 2018-11-16
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

== State Censorship and Independent Media==

In the late 2000s, the editors office decided to change course from news aggregator to independent journalism with its own texts, reports, and investigations<ref name=conflict/>. Though big agencies usually could publish the news instantly, Tut.by won his audience by giving the news with “a human touch”, without state censorship and in compliance with journalist ethics. Social issues and events with a public outcry were developed by Tut.by staff journalists and users could openly share their opinions via comments and on the site's forum.{{sfn|Gradushko|2013|p=28-29}}{{sfn|Gradushko|2016|p=264-265}}

On December 19, 2014, Tut.by was blocked in Belarus for several hours. Officially called DDoS attack, the blockage was actually a part of a massive strike against the country's independent media.{{sfn|Doroshevich|Sokolova|2014|p=157-158}} In December 2014 the amendments to state Mass Media Act were issued, putting the responsibility for any comments on a website upon its owners. Consequently, Tut.by had to relocate its forums to a new domain name talks.by to avoid blockage for user comments.<ref name=mediakritika/>

On December 25, 2016, Tut.by journalist Pavel Dobrovolsky was beaten by police officers directly in the Frunzienski district court. Dobrovolsky was on professional duty, covering the hearing of the case of two graffiti artists.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.belgazeta.by/ru/news/society/32556/
|title = Павел Добровольский: «Это все одна система, но останавливаться я не намерен»
|trans-title=Pavel Dobrovolsky: It’s a United System, but I Won’t Stop
|publisher = Belgazeta
|date = 2016-03-02
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> OSCE called this situation unacceptable and called authorities to ensure the journalist’s safety.<ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://www.euneighbours.eu/en/east/stay-informed/news/belarus-osce-representative-condemns-attack-journalist-and-calls
|title = Belarus: OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalist and calls on authorities to ensure media freedom
|publisher = European Union
|date = 2016-02-03
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> According to the portal analysis, at least three attacks on journalists happen in Belarus annually.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url =http://mediakritika.by/article/3610/tutby-podschital-zhurnalistov-v-belarusi-byut-v-srednem-po-tri-v-god
|title = TUT.by подсчитал: журналистов в Беларуси бьют, в среднем, по три в год
|trans-title=Tut.by Estimates: at Least 3 Attacks on Journalists in Belarus per Year
|publisher = Mediakritika
|date = 2016-01-29
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

In 2017 State Ministry of Information issued a warning to editors office for an article on Belarusian citizens who fought at the [[War in Donbass|Donbass]] war. Though the government itself acknowledged that at least 140 Belarusians took an active part in the fights, the article was called by the Ministry to be “threatening to the State's interests”. According to the Belarusian law, two official warnings in a year could lead to the site’s blockage<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.sb.by/articles/gastarbaytery-voyny.html
|title = Белорусам, участвующим в чужой войне, на родине светит уголовная статья «Наемничество»
|publisher = Belarus Today
|date = 2016-02-10
|trans-title=Belarusians at Foreign Wars Could be Charged for Mercenary Activities at Home
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = http://mediakritika.by/article/4538/mininform-vynes-preduprezhdenie-portalu-tutby
|title = Мининформ вынес предупреждение порталу TUT.BY
|trans-title=Ministry of Information to Warn Tut.by
|publisher = Mediakritika
|date = 2017-03-17
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>. In a 2017 interview the founder of TUT.BY Yuri Zisser mentioned that there were serious issues with freedom of speech in Belarus and only gradual, civilized dialog with the government and much effort could turn the situation to the best.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.the-village.me/village/city/fav-space/263563-tut-i-tam
|title = «Если TUT.BY избавится от «желтизны», то не будет первым»: интервью с Юрием Зиссером
|trans-title=Yury Zisser: Tut.by Has to be Yellow to be the First
|publisher =The Village Belarus
|date = 2017-10-17
|accessdate = 2020-06-25
}}</ref><ref name=baj/> Zisser received the “Advocacy Leader 2016” award from the Assembly of business circles for his lasting effort to promote this dialogue between business and government.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|author=Sverdlov, P.
|url = https://euroradio.fm/ru/zisser-krizis-zastavil-vlasti-prislushivatsya-k-biznesu
|title = Зиссер: Кризис заставил власти прислушиваться к бизнесу
|publisher = Europe Radio
|date = 2017-03-01
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>

In 2018 the so-called BelTA case took place. In June 2018 the editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova and 14 other employees of Tut.by were arrested for alleged unauthorized access to information from a state news agency [[Belarusian Telegraph Agency|BelTA]].<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4-%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C-%D1%81-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D0%BE-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B0/a-47433852
|title = Журналист перед судом: один день с обвиняемой по "делу БелТА"
|publisher = Deutsche Welle
|date = 2019-02-11
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref><ref name=baj>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://baj.by/be/analytics/priletaet-ne-za-ostrye-stati-za-chto-zadenesh-imya-kakogo-chinovnika-bolshoe-intervyu?fbclid=IwAR3822HvHprzBL5PXlpQ97tGuKha9p4ricYqfl-1qvwxRYs_xw-nsOTJ9Oo
|title = Прилетает не за острые статьи, а за то, что заденешь имя какого-то чиновника — большое интервью Юрия Зиссера
|trans-title=Yury Zisser Big Interview
|publisher = Belarusian Association of Journalists
|date = 2019-05-17
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> All except Zolotova were released soon, she was charged under the article of the Criminal Code.<ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://belarusfeed.com/verdict-belta-case-zolotova-guilty/
|title = BREAKING: Minsk Court Files Verdict In BelTA Case
|publisher = Belarus Feed
|date = 2019-03-04
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://belarusfeed.com/witnesses-testify-tutby-trial-goes-on/
|title = Witnesses Claim Pressure And Intimidation. TUT.BY vs BelTA Trial Goes On
|publisher = Belarus Feed
|date = 2019-02-15
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.the-village.me/village/city/news-city/269589-za-chto-zaderzhali-redaktorov?from=readmore
|title = Директор БелТА объяснила, за что задержали редакторов TUT.BY и «БелаПАН»
|trans-title=BelTa Director on Arrests of Tut.by and BelaPan Chief Editors
|publisher = The Village Minsk
|date = 2018-06-07
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> OSCE Representative Harlem Désir called the case and massive fine to be ‘deeply alarming’,<ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://belsat.eu/en/news/osce-reacted-to-requested-punishment-for-maryna-zolatava/
|title = OSCE reacts to punishment requested for Maryna Zolatava
|publisher = Belsat Eu
|date = 2019-02-27
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> [[Belarusian Association of Journalists|BAJ]] representative called it an intimidation signal for all independent journalists in Belarus.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://belsat.eu/ru/programs/marina-zolotova-vyigrala-u-belaruskogo-suda/
|title = Приговор Марине Золотовой – сигнал всем журналистам
|publisher = Belsat Eu
|date = 2019-03-04
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/world/europe/belarus-journalists-detained.html
|title = Belarus Detains 18 Journalists in Raids at Independent Outlets
|publisher = NY Times
|date = 2018-09-08
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> The court sentenced Zolotova to a fine of 7650 [[Belarusian ruble]]s.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.interfax.ru/world/652924
|title = Главреда tut.by приговорили к штрафу в $3,6 тыс. по "делу БелТА"
|trans-title=Tut.by Chief Editor Sentenced to $3.600 Fine
|publisher = Interfax
|date = 2019-03-04
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> Later Zolotova recalled how former Minister of information {{ill|Liliya Ananich|by|Лілія Станіславаўна Ананіч}} invited directors of the leading independent media and advised them on the desired way to describe the economic situation in the country, asking not to “rock the boat”.<ref name=bolshoi>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://bolshoi.by/culture/marina-zolotova-meeting/
|title = Марина Золотова: «Вы сами устроили себе фейк-ньюс. И что я должна с этим делать?»
|trans-title=Marina Zolotova: You Made Fake News Yourselves, What Can I Do?
|publisher = Bolshoi
|date = 2019-09-19
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* Winner in the nomination “Most popular and visited Internet portal in the Republic of Belarus” (International festival and contest Choice Of The Year 2002).<ref name=naviny/>
*Best PR project with advanced web marketing by PRemiya 2003.<ref name=naviny/>
*Finalist at Kiev International Advertising Festival in 2004.<ref name=naviny/>
* “Leader brand” according to the nationwide poll in the product group “Information websites” in 2004, 2005,<ref name=naviny/> 2013,<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://marketing.by/novosti-rynka/pobediteli-konkursa-brend-goda-2013-foto/
|title = Победители конкурса «БРЭНД ГОДА 2013» (фото)
|trans-title=Brand of Year 2013 Winners
|publisher = Marketing.by
|date = 2014-01-27
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref> 2014 and 2015.
*Best search engine at TIBO 2005.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kv.by/archive/index2005152105.htm
|title = Tut.By как лучший поисковик
|publisher = KV.by
|date = 2005
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>
*Best News Portal Prize at Golden Site Awards 2005.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kv.by/archive/index2005412101.htm
|title = 5 лет Tut.By
|publisher = KV.by
|date = 2005
|accessdate = 2020-07-08
}}</ref>
*Brand of the Year Award winner in News Web Portal in 2007, 2008,<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://mogilev.biz/news/internet/internet_335.html
|title = TUT.BY назван белорусами «Брэндом года»
|trans-title=Tut.by Is Chosen Brand of Year by Belorusians
|publisher = Business Mogilev
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> 2009, 2010,<ref name=naviny/><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://tutby.com/news/3680.html
|title = Активная социальная позиция TUT.BY получила признание на конкурсе “Брэнд года 2010”
|publisher = Tut.by
|date = 2011-01-26
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref> 2013<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://naviny.by/rubrics/society/2014/01/25/ic_news_116_431380
|title = Компании «МТС» и «Твоя столица» стали обладателями Гран-при конкурса «Бренд года 2013»
|publisher = Naviny.by
|date = 2014-01-25
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>
*Best Search Engine at Belarus Choice of the Year Award 2009.<ref name=naviny/>
*Brand of the Year Award winner in Socially Responsible Brand and Brand Leader in 2010.<ref name=naviny/>
*Best IT company in Belarus in nominations Team Spirit and Collective Work and Best Company (under 200 employees)<ref name=naviny/>
* 2015 – TUT.BY named a socially responsible mass media source for the regular coverage of the CSR projects of Belarusian business (the award for corporate social responsibility by the [https://jobs.tut.by/article/16523 International social economic fund Idea]).
* 2016 – Winner among internet portals in the consumer nomination of the professional republican contest Brand Of The Year.
* 2016 – CEO Alexander Chekan got the ‘Mentor of the Year’ Award.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://dev.by/news/gendirektor-tut-by-stal-mentorom-goda-v-belarusi
|title = Александр Чекан стал «Ментором года» в Беларуси
|publisher = Dev By Media
|date = 2016-11-16
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>
* TUT.BY became an 11-times winner in the category “Information websites” at Brand Of The Year 2017.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://brendgoda.by/winners/2017/
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>
* Afisha.TUT.BY and Realty.TUT.BY won the nomination “Media with the best audience involvement”.
*In 2018 42.TUT.BY was among the winners of the international internet-media award ‘Mediator’. Lady.TUT.BY won the nomination “Most read media” in 2018.<ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://willad.ru/industry-ratings/mediator-nazval-samye-chitaemye-internet-smi-i-mediatrendy#
|title = «Медиатор» назвал самые читаемые интернет-СМИ и медиатренды
|publisher = Adwillad.com
|accessdate = 2020-07-10
}}</ref>
* TUT.BY сhief editor Marina Zolotova was named Person Of The Year 2018 by Nasha Niva newspaper and became the first laureate of the Belarusian Journalism Honor award. The award was established in memory of Ales Lipai, the founder of the BelaPAN information agency. The award is presented to journalists who combine professional achievements with civil action and contribute to the development of the media in Belarus and the emergence of the country as a democratic state<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naviny.by/article/20190409/1554802323-marina-zolotova-stala-laureatom-premii-gonar-zhurnalistyki-imeni-alesya|title=Марина Золотова стала лауреатом премии "Гонар журналістыкі" имени Алеся Липая
|language=ru
|trans-title=Marina Zolotova Wins Journalist Award
|date=2019-04-09
}}</ref>.
*In February 2019, [[YouTube]] sent the “Silver Button” (an award handed to the authors of popular channels) to TUT.BY as the portal’s video channel reached 100,000 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://marketing.by/mnenie/aleksandr-demidovich-tut-by-nativnye-spetsproekty-v-video-formate-trend-no-eto-netochno/
|title=Александр Демидович, TUT.BY: Нативные спецпроекты в видео формате — тренд, но это неточно
|language=ru
|trans-title=Alexander Demidovich, Tut.by: Native Special Projects in Video is a Trend, but Maybe Not
|date=2019-02-19
|publisher=Marketing.by}}</ref>
*In May 2019 TUT.BY topped the Media IQ ranking as the Belarusian media with best compliance to journalism ethics.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://mediaiq.by/article/rekordsmen-po-propagande-v-marte-telekanal-stv
|title=Рекордсмен по пропаганде в марте — телеканал СТВ
|language=ru
|trans-title=STV Hits the Record in Propaganda
|publisher=Media IQ
|date=2019-04-30
}}</ref>


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== Links ==
== Links ==
* [https://www.tut.by TUT.BY] - Belarusian information portal
* [https://www.tut.by TUT.BY] - Belarusian information portal

Revision as of 08:18, 23 July 2020

TUT.BY
Type of site
Internet portal
Available inRussian
OwnerTUT BY MEDIA LLC
Created byYury Zisser
URLhttp://tut.by/
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedOctober 5, 2000
Current statusActive

TUT.BY is an independent information and service website in the Russian language, one of the 5 most popular sites in Belarus[1] and the most popular news web portal in the country.[2][3] The headquarters is based in Minsk, Belarus[4]. In 2019, the website was read by 62.58% of all Belarusian Internet users[5] with monthly visits rate around 200 mln.[6]

TUT.BY publishes around 200 articles on domestic and foreign agenda daily, including original stories and video, analytics, special projects, and online broadcasts. Apart from the news section, TUT.BY has numerous specialized sections (Auto, Lady, Finance, Afisha, Realty, Sport, and others) and services like weather, exchange rates, etc.[7] The editorial standard claims to prioritize socially important, actual topics on Belarus and world agenda[8] in compliance with Journalism ethics.[9]

Tut.by was registered as an online media on January 21, 2019.[10]

History

Launch and Early Years

In March 2000 tech journalist Sergey Dmitriev posted on the forum of the newspaper ‘Computer News’ (lit. ‘Komp'yuternyye vesti’) that he had an idea to create a free Belarusian email service. The post attracted the attention of Yuri Zisser, then the head of the private enterprise "Nadezhnyye programmy". On March 15, 2000, they had their first personal meeting, this day is considered to be the start of TUT.BY. Dmitriev invited Andrey Kononovich and Kirill Voloshin (journalists of the newspaper ‘Komp'yuternyye vesti’). Zisser invited Danil Rudenko, a first-year student in BSUIR and a programmer with experience in developing electronic mail services and websites. Kononovich, Voloshin and Rudenko contributed to the launch of the project. The portal’s name was made up by Zisser’s friend Nikolay Romanovsky, other variants were ‘holub.by’ and ‘busel.by’[11][12]. The founders wanted Tut.by to become Belarusian Yahoo! and copied its business model. The development started in July and was finished in Autumn 2000.[13][14]

Tut.by was launched on the 5th of October, 2000, within months it became the most visited site on Bynet [by].[15] At first, it comprised free email service, news, weather forecast, currency rates, fuel prices, and a guest book. Later in 2000, the forum was added, soon Hoster.by hosting provider was registered.[16] In 2000 Tut.by had more than 20,000 unique visitors daily,[17] by April 2001 daily traffic reached 1.2 mln visits.[14] Yury Zisser was awarded Person of the Year on ByNet title in 2002.[18]

In January 2002 the E-commerce centre was launched to provide free and paid services in site development, design, promotion, hosting, and domain registration.[19] In October 2002 the project became profitable, around 75% of income received from Hosting.by services and only 25% from the advertisement.[16][20] By the end of 2004 more than 30 theme sections were separated, including Music, Culture, Education, etc. At the same time, Kirill Voloshin was awarded Person of the Year on the ByNet prize.[18] In 2004 Marina Zolotova took the post of editor-in-chief.[21]

In the beginning, Tut.by functioned as a news aggregator, a digest with a strong shift to business and economics.[22][23] It published news from such agencies like Interfax and BelTA, media like Kp.by, etc.[24] In 2005 the marketplace Shop.tut.by was launched, then followed by a Finance section with data on currency rates, savings, credits, personal finance management service, etc. At the end of 2006, Tut.by launched an IT department, and in a year a web-journals section was added. The company had 18 employees then. In the same year, 85% of annual revenue was brought by advertising, the rest by hosting services.[25][19] In December 2007 the portal launched its radio.[17][26][27]

In February 2008 I.tut.by for personal communication was launched, uniting all the existed social services of Tut.by.[19][28] By 2013 it had more than 246,000 registered users.[29]

In 2009 Tut.by went international. In collaboration with Russian and Kazakhstan partners it launched the Nur.kz news portal.[18] In 2010-2012 similar partnerships were made with Azerbaijan (Day.az), Uzbekistan (Olam.az), and Nigeria (Naij.com).[19] Naji.com soon grew to 250.000 unique users and its Facebook gained 0.5 mln subscribers.[27]

2010s

In the 2010s the company continued its rapid development. By 2011 the staff grew to 50 extrabudgetary and 90 office workers.[18] The mobile site version was launched and soon had more than 19,000 unique visitors per day.[27] In Autumn 2012 the marketplace was launched. In 2013 the first regional office was opened in Gomel[30]. As of 2013, Tut.by homepage got 503,000 unique visitors daily,[31] in 2014 Tut.by had 47.89% of all audience on ByNet.[32]

By 2015 forums at Tut.by accumulated more than 240,000 threads and 16.5 mln posts.[33] In 2015 the catalog of Belarusian enterprises was separated into an independent editors office and received a new name Tam.by (wordplay ‘Tut’ lit. meaning ‘Here’ and ‘Tam’ meaning ‘There’).[34]

In 2016 Tut.by had more than 780.000 unique visitors daily and more than 7.7 mln views, its staff almost reached 300 employees.[35] That year on weekdays around 200 articles were published on the main page.[36] I.Tut.by social network accumulated 150.000 registered users by 2016.[37]

In 2017 TUT.BY was recognized as a well-known trademark in Belarus. It pioneered quality infographics on the ByNet, making this visualization tool an important part of the News section.[38] The company’s public account on Viber became the most popular among other media and reached 285.000 subscribers.[39][40][41] In 2017, Rabota.tut.by had more than 155.000 active resumes and 19392 vacancies published.[42] In March 2018, Belarusian audience of TUT.BY for the first overtook big online platforms like Yandex, Mail.Ru, and YouTube.[43]

As of 2019, more than 8.5 mln Tut.by pages were stored in Google index. More than 70% of users visited the site’s mobile version[44] According to Tut.by, in May 2019 a new record was set as news of all subdomains got 178 million views (web + apps, according to Yandex.Metrica).[45]

2020s

The founder of Tut.by Yury Zisser passed away on the 17th of May, 2020.[46]

On May 29, 2020, the site was DDoSed and down for several hours. The attack coincided in time with the arrest of blogger Sergey Tikhanovsky, who had recently announced his run for presidency.[47][48]

Social Responsibility and Non-Commercial Projects

In 2003 Tut.by established the Belarusian Content Projects Award for promising noncommercial websites. The competition significantly contributed to the development of independent media in ByNet.[7]

Since 2012 Hoster.by has initiated domain name auctions. All the income is donated to orphanages across Belarus.[49][50][51][52]

In August 2014 TUT.BY launched a non-commercial project BelarusFeed, targeted on the foreign audience who is interested in Belarus and wants to visit the country.[53][54]

In 2014 the company joined the UN Sustainable Development programme.[55] Since then the company annually published Sustainability reports on its initiatives in human rights and environment protection.[35] In the same year TUT.BY and life:) mobile operator launched the Freebasics project, a joint initiative to ensure the availability of mobile Internet.[56] TUT.BY supplied news for the project alongside Wikipedia, UN Women and others. Among other projects, TUT.BY and BelarusFeed created a collection of postcards “Welcome To Belarus”. The postcards were handed out to foreigners travelling to Belarus to mark the introduction of the 5 days visa-free entry.[57]

In 2017 TUT.BY was among 30 Belarusian companies that signed the “Cooperation agreement of the socially responsible companies in Belarus in the implementation of corporate social responsibility projects”. The agreement was initiated by the local social fund Fond Dobra, part of the UN Global Compact Network Belarus.[58] In November 2018 TUT.BY became the info partner in the II European Games 2019.[59]

State Censorship and Independent Media

In the late 2000s, the editors office decided to change course from news aggregator to independent journalism with its own texts, reports, and investigations[24]. Though big agencies usually could publish the news instantly, Tut.by won his audience by giving the news with “a human touch”, without state censorship and in compliance with journalist ethics. Social issues and events with a public outcry were developed by Tut.by staff journalists and users could openly share their opinions via comments and on the site's forum.[60][23]

On December 19, 2014, Tut.by was blocked in Belarus for several hours. Officially called DDoS attack, the blockage was actually a part of a massive strike against the country's independent media.[61] In December 2014 the amendments to state Mass Media Act were issued, putting the responsibility for any comments on a website upon its owners. Consequently, Tut.by had to relocate its forums to a new domain name talks.by to avoid blockage for user comments.[33]

On December 25, 2016, Tut.by journalist Pavel Dobrovolsky was beaten by police officers directly in the Frunzienski district court. Dobrovolsky was on professional duty, covering the hearing of the case of two graffiti artists.[62] OSCE called this situation unacceptable and called authorities to ensure the journalist’s safety.[63] According to the portal analysis, at least three attacks on journalists happen in Belarus annually.[64]

In 2017 State Ministry of Information issued a warning to editors office for an article on Belarusian citizens who fought at the Donbass war. Though the government itself acknowledged that at least 140 Belarusians took an active part in the fights, the article was called by the Ministry to be “threatening to the State's interests”. According to the Belarusian law, two official warnings in a year could lead to the site’s blockage[65][66]. In a 2017 interview the founder of TUT.BY Yuri Zisser mentioned that there were serious issues with freedom of speech in Belarus and only gradual, civilized dialog with the government and much effort could turn the situation to the best.[67][16] Zisser received the “Advocacy Leader 2016” award from the Assembly of business circles for his lasting effort to promote this dialogue between business and government.[68]

In 2018 the so-called BelTA case took place. In June 2018 the editor-in-chief Marina Zolotova and 14 other employees of Tut.by were arrested for alleged unauthorized access to information from a state news agency BelTA.[69][16] All except Zolotova were released soon, she was charged under the article of the Criminal Code.[70][71][72] OSCE Representative Harlem Désir called the case and massive fine to be ‘deeply alarming’,[73] BAJ representative called it an intimidation signal for all independent journalists in Belarus.[74][75] The court sentenced Zolotova to a fine of 7650 Belarusian rubles.[76] Later Zolotova recalled how former Minister of information Liliya Ananich [by] invited directors of the leading independent media and advised them on the desired way to describe the economic situation in the country, asking not to “rock the boat”.[6]

Awards

  • Winner in the nomination “Most popular and visited Internet portal in the Republic of Belarus” (International festival and contest Choice Of The Year 2002).[18]
  • Best PR project with advanced web marketing by PRemiya 2003.[18]
  • Finalist at Kiev International Advertising Festival in 2004.[18]
  • “Leader brand” according to the nationwide poll in the product group “Information websites” in 2004, 2005,[18] 2013,[77] 2014 and 2015.
  • Best search engine at TIBO 2005.[78]
  • Best News Portal Prize at Golden Site Awards 2005.[79]
  • Brand of the Year Award winner in News Web Portal in 2007, 2008,[80] 2009, 2010,[18][81] 2013[82]
  • Best Search Engine at Belarus Choice of the Year Award 2009.[18]
  • Brand of the Year Award winner in Socially Responsible Brand and Brand Leader in 2010.[18]
  • Best IT company in Belarus in nominations Team Spirit and Collective Work and Best Company (under 200 employees)[18]
  • 2015 – TUT.BY named a socially responsible mass media source for the regular coverage of the CSR projects of Belarusian business (the award for corporate social responsibility by the International social economic fund Idea).
  • 2016 – Winner among internet portals in the consumer nomination of the professional republican contest Brand Of The Year.
  • 2016 – CEO Alexander Chekan got the ‘Mentor of the Year’ Award.[83]
  • TUT.BY became an 11-times winner in the category “Information websites” at Brand Of The Year 2017.[84]
  • Afisha.TUT.BY and Realty.TUT.BY won the nomination “Media with the best audience involvement”.
  • In 2018 42.TUT.BY was among the winners of the international internet-media award ‘Mediator’. Lady.TUT.BY won the nomination “Most read media” in 2018.[85]
  • TUT.BY сhief editor Marina Zolotova was named Person Of The Year 2018 by Nasha Niva newspaper and became the first laureate of the Belarusian Journalism Honor award. The award was established in memory of Ales Lipai, the founder of the BelaPAN information agency. The award is presented to journalists who combine professional achievements with civil action and contribute to the development of the media in Belarus and the emergence of the country as a democratic state[86].
  • In February 2019, YouTube sent the “Silver Button” (an award handed to the authors of popular channels) to TUT.BY as the portal’s video channel reached 100,000 subscribers.[87]
  • In May 2019 TUT.BY topped the Media IQ ranking as the Belarusian media with best compliance to journalism ethics.[88]

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