National Media Group

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National Media Group

Type of business	Joint-stock company
Founded	2008; 18 years ago (2008)
Headquarters	Moscow , Russia
Industry	Mass media
URL	www.nmg.ru

National Media Group (Russian: Национальная Медиа Группа, romanized: Natsionalnaya Media Gruppa) is a private media conglomerate in Russia. It was founded in 2008 by Russian oligarch Yuri Kovalchuk, a close associate of president Vladimir Putin.^[1][2][3][4] The company's board of directors is chaired by Alina Kabaeva.^[5]

As of 2023, National Media Group holds a majority ownership in the following media assets. Besides these, it owns several other companies related to content production and distribution.^[6][7]

• Channel One
• REN TV
• Channel 5
• STS Media
  • STS
  • Domashny
  • STS Kids
  • STS Love
  • Che [ru]
• Channel 78 [ru]

• Izvestia
• Delovoy Peterburg
• Sport Express

National Media Group additionally in partnership with Rostelecom it runs the paid television channel Media-Telecom and the online video platform Wink [ru].^[6][8]