YEREVAN PRESS CLUB WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 7-13, 2007
HIGHLIGHTS:
THE PRINT RUN OF "ZHAMANAK-YEREVAN" BOUGHT OUT FROM NEWSPAPER STALLS
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRESS DISSEMINATION
NEWS MAGAZINE LAUNCHED
THE PRINT RUN OF "ZHAMANAK-YEREVAN" BOUGHT OUT FROM NEWSPAPER STALLS
On September 11 the print run of "Zhamanak-Yerevan" daily was bought out.
This was reported by the newspaper itself in its issue of September 12. As
"Zhamanak-Yerevan" tells in its editorial, headlined "Buying Out the
Newspaper is Not a Solution", some people were waiting by the newspaper
stalls in Yerevan, followed the "Haymamul" cars, delivering the press, and
bought out the issue. "Zhamanak-Yerevan" believes that the initiator of this
action was the head of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of
Armenia Karen Karapetian. The reason was the interview of the RA NA deputy,
given the day before to "Zhamanak-Yerevan" correspondent: "In the evening of
the same day Mr. Karapetian, with the mediation of different people, tried
to prevent the publication of the interview (.)." "It remains a mystery for
us, which part of the interview scared the head of RPA faction so much",
"Zhamanak-Yerevan" wrote and proposed that Karen Karapetian should make a
subscription for its whole print run to be delivered directly to his place.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRESS DISSEMINATION
On September 13 at Congress Hotel in Yerevan a two-day international seminar
"Distribution of Print Media: Challenges and Prospects" started. The event
was organized by the Eurasia Foundation Representative Office in Armenia.
The seminar brought together Armenian, Russian and Ukrainian experts on
print media dissemination and development. The scope of issues covered by
the presentations includes the legislative framework for the press
dissemination networks, innovative models of dissemination, effectiveness of
print media dissemination systems, the relevant experience of Armenia,
Belarus, Russia, Ukraine. A separate presentation dealt with the pilot
program to set up an alternative distribution network in seven regions of
Armenia, implemented by Eurasia Foundation with the support of the Open
Society Institute.
NEWS MAGAZINE LAUNCHED
The first issue of the weekly news magazine "Forum" has been published. The
magazine is produced in the Armenian language with a print run of 1,000
copies. The publication is founded by "’Forum Press’ News Center". Its
co-editors are Aram Ananian and Armen Khanbabian. As YPC was told at the
editorial office of the magazine, it is expected that "Forum" will soon be
published in Russian, too.
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