InterMedia
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| Company type | Federal State Unitary Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Industry | News media |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Products | Wire service |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | https://intermedia.ru (Russian version) |
InterMedia (Russian: ИнтерМедиа), is Russia's international media news agency, which is specializing in news of music, cinema, theater and the life of stars.[1] The agency publishes a daily and round-the-clock news feed, publishes music charts of Russian Federation, and also publishes the Russian Music Yearbook. The music market research department of thefirm conducts continuous monitoring and marketing research of the music industry.
Since April, 2010, the album and song sales positions have been and contributed to Intermedia by approximately 5,000 music sellers.[2][3][4][5] Russian independent newspaper Republic proclaimed Intermedia as an independent source of charts in Russia.[6]
For 10 years, the agency has collaborated with National Federation of Phonograph Producers (NFPF) on the certification of musical works in the territory of the Russian Federation.[7] In February 2018, NFPF was liquidated and certification authority was transferred to the InterMedia divisions.[8]
History
[edit]The InterMedia news agency was founded in 1993, when Yevgeny Safronov, Alexander Shumsky and Dmitry Anoshin left the Turne agency to start a new project,[9] the main task of which was to provide the Russian media with the most objective and impartial news and analysis of media industry.[10][11][12]
Publishing
[edit]In 1995, InterMedia published the book Musical Results of the Year, which in 1996 was named the Russian Music Yearbook. The Russian Music Yearbook contains information for professionals in the cultural and entertainment industry: an address and telephone directory, analytical information, official documents. In 2011, the 13th edition of the yearbook was re-released.[13]
Charts
[edit]Every week Intermedia publishes album and singles charts of Russian Federation — consolidated charts, based on song sales and streaming data.[14]
Charts are published on the portals like Rambler, Yandex and Sputnik.[15][16][17]
Analytical activity
[edit]For the first time in Russia, the news agency InterMedia began to seriously study the music market. Many studies of the music market were published exclusively in the Kommersant and Argumenty i Fakty publications.[18][19][20] Among the analytical works is a study of philharmonic activities in the field of academic music in the country by order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2010), as well as market research of concert and entertainment events in Moscow and St. Petersburg.[21][22]
Music recording certification
[edit]InterMedia collaborated with the National Federation of Phonograph Producers (NFPF) on the certification of sales of sound recordings in the Russian Federation.[23] In November 2018, the agency published an independent study “Culture and Cultural Industries in the Russian Federation”.[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Новая марка Нфпф и старые проблемы". 10 September 2002.
- ^ "Чарты, рейтинги, хит-парады". 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Старт" (in Russian).
- ^ "Фирмы InterMedia Информационное Агентство" (in Russian).
- ^ "Поп-механика — OpenSpace.ru" (in Russian).
- ^ "В России будет независимый чарт" (in Russian).
- ^ "Лебединая песня" (in Russian). 2 January 2007.
- ^ "НФПФ, НП, ИНН 7730146414". sbis.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Snob-frontend" (in Russian).
- ^ "О нас" (in Russian).
- ^ "Сафронов Евгений Анатольевич" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "Евгений Сафронов" (in Russian).
- ^ "Камертон шоу-бизнеса". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Чарты, рейтинги, хит-парады". 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Музыкальные чарты за неделю: лидируют Ариана Гранде, Big Baby Tape, Тима Белорусских, Kazka и другие". 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Чарты, рейтинги, хит-парады". 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Спутник". Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "Дырка от публики". 17 May 2010.
- ^ "Каждое новое поколение поп-звёзд живёт меньше старого". 18 May 2010.
- ^ "ПРОФИЛЬ". profile.ru. Archived from the original on 22 April 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "...Как определяется популярность артиста". February 2011.
- ^ "В Москве состоялась презентация Российского музыкального ежегодника". 4 June 2009.
- ^ https://www.intermedia.ru/img/tinymce/promo/rme_demo.pdf
- ^ https://intermedia.ru/uploads/culture-of-russia-2018_web.pdf