Novynar (Ukrainian: Newsmaker)[1] was a weekly news magazine briefly published in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2007 to 2008.
Categories | News magazine |
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Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Jed Sunden |
First issue | August 2007 |
Final issue | 2008 |
Company | KP Media |
Country | Ukraine |
Based in | Kyiv |
Language | Ukrainian |
OCLC | 176064896 |
Novynar was first published in August 2007.[2] Its website was also launched on the same date.[2] It was established as a quality alternative to Russian language news magazines in the country.[3]
The magazine was part of the KP Media which also owned Kyiv Post[4] and 15 Minutes, a metro daily.[5] The publisher was an American businessman, Jed Sunden.[6] It was published weekly in Kyiv.[7]
The KP media reported the initial circulation of Novynar as 15,000 copies in August 2007.[3]
Novynar ceased publication in November 2008 due to financial problems faced.[8][9] Sunden also closed 15 Minutes the same year and sold Kyiv Post to a British businessman, Mohammad Zahoor, in July 2009.[5]