CNN Forced Out Of Russia
 

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American news giant CNN will cease broadcasting on cable networks in Russia at the end of the year, Turner International told Mashable in an emailed statement on Monday.

A Turner spokesperson said the decision was made following the passage of new media laws in Russia.

See also: Vladimir Putin's Distorted Reality

?Turner International is assessing its distribution options for CNN in Russia in light of recent changes in Russian media legislation," the statement said. "We are bringing our existing distribution relationships to an end while we do that. We hope to re-enter the market in due course, and will notify our partners of any update about resuming these services. The CNN Moscow bureau operation remains unaffected.?

Denis Rychka, head of media relations for Akado Telecom, which broadcasts CNN, told Mashable by email that his company had received a ?letter signed by vice president of legal affairs [of] Turner Broadcasting System Europe Eleonora Brown,? outlining the decision to cease operations. He did not elaborate on the specifics of the letter. (The independent Russian news outlet Vedemosti reported that another Russian distributer, VimpelCom, said it had received a similar letter from Turner Broadcasting.)

The development comes after moves by Russian President Vladimir Putin to consolidate his control over television and print media in the country in order to limit Western involvement.

After the CNN news broke, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, tweeted: "I remember the day when you could first watch CNN in the USSR. Now the clocks turn backward. So short-sided & anti-modern & sign of fear."

Vedemosti said Russian broadcasters would drop the 24-hour American news channel founded in 1980 by media tycoon Ted Turner after Dec. 31 this year. CNN began broadcasting in Russia in 1993. It has been distributed mostly through cable and satellite networks, and on pay-per-view operators.

In 2010, laws were passed to limit foreign ownership of mass media to no more than 50 percent. Many broadcasters were unable to (or chose not to) bring their corporate structure into compliance with the law, according to Vedemosti. Among them was the U.S.-funded Voice of America as well as Radio France Internationale, the Russian service of the BBC and Deutsche Welle.

In September this year, Russian lawmakers further tightened those laws, limiting foreign ownership of mass media to no more than 20 percent. Putin signed the legislation into law last month. It comes into effect beginning in 2017.

Well its hardly any loss...... CNN definitely isn't what it used to be.

There was a time when CNN was the shit.

cnn is shit, nobody watching that

Putin sent the msg...

Let's hope that we get to keep RT

Hint: block Russia Today in the USA. Problem solved.

Seems cnn didn't work hard enough to brain wash the world by their lies so our lil putin got pissed off. now everyone knows democrats and russians are working together to destroy the US from inside and outside. but neither Putin nor Obama and their RATS can't destroy the land of freedom.

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Amen, sister!

It doesn't work like that in civilized world.

You are so naive if you really think so.

BTW, CNN doesn't translate in Russian, so it has a very limited audience here (e.g. I know English but I don't watch it). Also I don't really understand how exactly it can be forced out of any country. If you have a satellite dish, then you can watch any channel you want (not even mention the Internet). Isn't it?

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Love how the end it with how fast food places are also closing...

"A number of McDonald (MCD)'s restaurants have been shut, and Wendy (WEN)'s was recently forced to exit Russia due to what it said was a change in management at its local partner."

'' forced out '' ..... lol ..... :1orglaugh

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Yep, Press TV banned in UK, Canada, US, Germany...

Some of the replies in this thread.. just..

fucking repeats of repeats all day long :2 cents::disgust

I'll have whatever drugs you are having, must be some good shit! :2 cents:

Sounds like Russia is really taking a step in the right direction.

Agreed. All information should be controlled and disseminated through a central authority. Like, say, a Ministry of Truth.

Sure. So is Hitler's book and nazi propaganda as well as holocaust denial which was present on PressTV.

Putin simply kicks out every foreign owned media.

Who cares if they had an audience or not, or what their message was. The fact the govt is white washing the news should be enough to make Russian get pissed off..

However I guess they are all just brainwashed morons and go along with anything their papa position tells them is good for Russia.

Russia is the Nazis this time around, there is no getting around it.

There is no "fact" because nobody still know the real reason of that (Lenta.ru: ???????? ? ???: ?? ? ?????: ???????? CNN ???????? ????? ?? ??????? ? ??????). There are many other foreign channels work in Russia (e.g. BBC, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, Fox, EuroNews, NBC etc), So why only CNN decided to quit? Maybe because of financial reasons?

Here you go, clown: Godwin's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :winkwink:

What??! :1orglaugh

Again... what are you talking about? It was CNN's decision to leave Russia. Nobody forced them out. Why are you talking nonsense?

man oh man, where's that kettle :1orglaugh

CNN said they leave Russia "in light of recent changes in Russian media legislation".

On October 14, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law amendments limiting foreign ownership of Russian media to 20 percent.

Regarding your :1orglaugh - PressTV on Holocaust Remembrance Day:
"On this anniversary, we all need to mull over the faking of history and the Greatest Lie Ever Told."

Can't you read your own posts? What exactly relation CNN have to the RUSSIAN MEDIA?

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I wouldn't get that excited about it if I were you.

Russia has banned advertising on cable and satellite channels, while also preventing foreign companies from owning more than 20 per cent of media outlets from 2016.

Advertising accounts for nearly half of the revenues of CNN’s parent company, Turner, a division of Time Warner.

Dude, the law is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 1, 2017.