Zen News

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Zen News
Initial release21 June 2000;24 years ago (2000-06-21)
Available in Russian and Ukrainian languages
Type News aggregator
Website dzen.ru/news

Dzen News (tr. Zen Novosti; formerly Yandex.News) is a Russian news aggregator. It was developed by Yandex in 2000 and acquired by VK in 2022. [1]

Contents

Zen.News aggregates articles submitted by publishers via RSS 2.0 and ranks them according to various parameters. The articles are sorted and added to collections related to key events (so-called Stories). The process is automated. [2] Since 2016, the service only aggregates publications from publishers with a license issued by Roskomnadzor. [3]

In July 2019, the monthly audience of Zen.News (Yandex.News) totaled 34 million users. It had a market share of 36% in Russia. [4]

Controversies

In 2014, a report stated that the government of Moscow manipulated Zen.News (Yandex.News) search results by running a network of local online newspapers that provided positive coverage of city events. [5] In many contexts, such as the Russo-Georgian War, anti-Putin protests in Russia, and the Russo-Ukrainian War, search results and stories were apparently manipulated, though the service denied such accusations. [6] [7] [8]

In 2022, Meduza reported that stories were censored as a part of a secret agreement with the government of Russia. [9]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the service allegedly aided state propaganda by suppressing all independent coverage of the Russo-Ukrainian War. [10]

Such practices led to sanctions against the service and key executives. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Yandex sold Zen and News to VK". The Bell . September 12, 2022. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ Sergi Lefter (December 2, 2015). "How the Yandex.News work?". Media Sapiens. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Yandex.News excluded sources without Roskomnadzor-issued license". Meduza. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ Irina Yuzbekova (August 22, 2019). "The life without Yandex.News". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ "We investigated: how the authorities outsmarted Yandex". RBC. October 22, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Benumov, Konstantin (24 October 2016). ""Ощущения, что от медиасреды отстали, нет" Интервью бывшего руководителя "Яндекс.Новостей" Татьяны Исаевой о реформе агрегаторов" [The media are still under pressure]. Meduza.io. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ Скоробогатый, Петр (2014). "Сетевая омерта России" [Digital death of Russia]. Expert.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  8. ↑ Асанова, Антонина (5 May 2022). ""Яндекс.Новости" сыграли в ящик" [How the Yandex News became the digital equivalent of TV]. Novayagazeta.eu. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ Svetlana Reiter (May 5, 2022). ""We gave up on fighting". How the Russo-Ukraine War affected Yandex". Meduza. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ Yuzbekova, Irina (August 22, 2019). "Жизнь без "Яндекс.Новостей": кто пострадает в случае закрытия агрегатора" [How to live without Yandex.News: the possible consequences of news aggregator closure]. Forbes . Archived from the original on September 14, 2019.
  11. ↑ Reiter, Svetlana (May 5, 2022). ""We gave up on fighting": how the Russian invasion of Ukraine shattered Yandex". Meduza . Archived from the original on November 22, 2022.
  12. ↑ Korzhova, Daria (June 3, 2022). "Yandex founder Arkady Volozh became a subject of EU sanctions". The Bell . Archived from the original on November 22, 2022.
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