Life At Bonnier - Russia

Spreading the Values of Journalism

By Bert Menninga on 2011-09-16
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Oleg Shiryaev of Delovaya Gazeta Yug teaches students what good journalism is in Krasnodar.

Students at Kuban State University are learning journalism from one of the best in the business: editor-in-chief of Delovaya Gazeta Yug Oleg Shiryaev. The university is in Krasnodar in southern Russia.

"It's really cool that the modern standards of journalism used in the Bonnier Group are becoming basic knowledge for journalism students at Kuban University," says Shiryaev. "The current level of professionalism among reporters and editors in southern Russia is far from our standards.

An Outsider's View of Russian Tech Entrepreneurs

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-27
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Bonnier R&D's Megan Miller talks about her recent experiences at last week's Russian Internet Forum.

At Russia's biggest tech event, the Russian Internet Forum (RIF), some 6,000 participants gathered last week to discuss and listen to what's happening in the industry, network and get inspiration. One of the speakers was Megan Miller of Bonnier R&D in the U.S., speaking about the burgeoning connected-TV market as part of a panel on new media innovations.

"Entrepreneurs in today's Russia are working in an environment that is not yet friendly to an open exchange of information and to high-risk investments, so they have to be very brave and forward-thinking," says Miller.

Russia Makes It to the Top 50 in Restaurants

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-27
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Russia's Varvary restaurant has made it to the S. Pellegrino World's Top 50 Restaurants list, which is a huge step forward for restaurants and food appreciation in Russia says Gastronom's Andrey Zakharin, one of the judges.

Gastronom's Andrey Zakharin

For the first time ever, a Russian restaurant has made it into S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants list. Moscow's Varvary restaurant, with chef Anatolyi Komm, moved up to No. 48 from its previous position of No. 66. "Sure, he's only at No.

Spring Holiday Tips from Bonnier

By Bert Menninga on 2011-04-20
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Recipes, egg-dying and more for the season from Bonnier magazines and TV.

Photo: Qfamily, CC-licensed

Looking for help in celebrating the season? Check out some of these tips from Bonnier:

Sadovnik magazine: Bringing a Love of Gardening to Russia

By Bert Menninga on 2011-03-25
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With over a million readers, Bonnier Publication Russia's gardening title Sadovnik is a hit with the growing number of Russian suburban homeowners.

When Sadovnik magazine launched in 2005, the challenge was not just to make a beautiful and useful magazine about gardens for Russian readers. "We're trying to make horticulture itself more popular in Russia," says Julia Popova, the editor-in-chief for the magazine, the title of which means "the gardener" in Russian.

The monthly, which has a circulation of 130,000 and has a readership of over 1.1 million, is succeeding in its goal if you look at the numbers. And it holds the No.

Gastronom.ru Wins a Runet Prize

By Bert Menninga on 2010-11-30
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Russia's top food site wins Russia's top web award.

Gastronom editor-in-chief Andrey Zakharin

On November 25th, the seventh annual Runet Prize for best websites was given out in Moscow. Among the winners was the online portal Gastronom.ru, the website of Bonnier Publications' magazine Gastronom, which won in the category of health and leisure.

Gastronom: the Magazine, the Website, the School, the Brand

By Bert Menninga on 2010-07-14
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Russia's Gastronom is more than just a magazine. The brand includes a culinary school with 6,000 students, a website with 3.5 million page views, a photo archive of 50,000 stock photos, and more.

Russia's first glossy culinary magazine, Gastronom, which was launched in 2001, also happens to be the most treasured by Russians. According to a TNS Gallup Poll, it is No. 1 in its class in terms of readership in the Russian market.

Big Changes on the Eastern Front

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-09-14
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Last spring, he became CEO of Bonnier Business Press in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), countries where the advertising market has crashed to historic lows. Anders Eriksson has had a tough first six months on the job, with heavy cutbacks and savings measures. Despite this, he dares to invest in the future.  

For Bonnier Business Press in Central and Eastern Europe, 2009 has been marked by the drastic tightening of budget strings. In total, expenditures have been cut by around 30 percent, and in some countries even more.