Type Division Founder Sergey S. Rodionov Number of employees 360 | Products Magazines Headquarters Moscow Founded 1997 | |
Owner The Company is owned by 2 shareholders: Sergey S.Rodionov, Sergey P. Rodionov Subsidiaries She/Ona Magazine, XXL Magazine, ANN-Info | ||
Rodionov Publishing House (Russian: Издательский дом Родионова) (IDR, Izdatelsky Dom Rodionova) is a publishing house based in Moscow that owns eight magazines. It was founded by and is owned by Sergey S. Rodionov and his father.
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- 20042006
- 20072009
- Other products and services
- Closure of BusinessWeek Russian version
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Rodionov Publishing House's managers include Evgeny Dodolev (he ran Rodionov Publishing House in 2005–2009 as CEO). Iskander Makhmudov is also a business partner who owns 50% of the publishing house.
Rodionov Publishing House owns the Politburo (closed January 2004), Paradox (closed July 2004) and other magazines. Its portfolio includes business, men’s, women’s and special interest magazines.
1996–2003
in the career development arena.
2004–2006
2007–2009
Other products and services
IDR takes advantage of opportunities in the media market.
Closure of BusinessWeek Russian version
"Three years after the Russian version of BusinessWeek magazine went on sale in Russia, the Rodionov Publishing House has decided to close the project, saying the journal format is not popular on the domestic market.
BusinessWeek spokesperson Patricia A. Strauss said the magazine would evaluate other projects for the Russian market. The license agreement will expire on 30 June 2008. Yevgeny Dodolev, publishing director of the Rodionov Publishing House's business publications group, said the BusinessWeek format had never been popular with the Russian market. "We have decided to close the unprofitable magazine because there is no advertising; and the project has not recouped itself," Dodolev told the paper. He said there were no profitable U.S. weekly magazines in Russia. Although our publishing house has invested over $10 million in the magazine since 2005, the project has not even reached breakeven point, Dodolev said. TNS Gallup AdFact managing director Ruslan Tagiyev said there were already 15 weeklies on the stagnant local market. He said BusinessWeek was among the last to enter the market and found it difficult to promote itself. The Russian team proved unable to combine the Western brand and the needs of Russian readers.