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Yandex's sale of News and Zen to VK completes – Yahoo! Voices

Yandex's sale of News and Zen to VK completes – Yahoo! Voices

Storyful Great Scott!: Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd Share Hug on Stage at New York Comic Con The crowd went wild at the New York Comic Convention on October 8 when the stars of the Back to the Future movies, Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd, reunited with an onstage embrace.Video recorded by Federico Carestia shows Fox arriving and taking his seat on a couch before Lloyd walks out a few moments later.The two actors reminisced about their respective roles in the sci-fi trilogy as… Source link

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Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes

Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes

Russian search giant Yandex has confirmed the completion of the sale of two of its flagship media properties, News and Zen, to local social media giant, VK, following regulatory approvals. As we reported back in March, Yandex began looking for ways to offload its news aggregator and blogging recommender platform in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the Kremlin has cranked up control of the media and freedom of expression — seeking to shape the narrative around what it only ever… Source link

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Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes • TechCrunch

Yandex’s sale of News and Zen to VK completes • TechCrunch

Russian search giant Yandex has confirmed the completion of the sale of two of its flagship media properties, News and Zen, to local social media giant, VK, following regulatory approvals. As we reported back in March, Yandex began looking for ways to offload its news aggregator and blogging recommender platform in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the Kremlin has cranked up control of the media and freedom of expression — seeking to shape the narrative around what it only… Source link

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Yandex Announces a Binding Agreement to Divest News and Zen Services

Yandex Announces a Binding Agreement to Divest News and Zen Services

MOSCOW, RUSSIA and AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS / ACCESSWIRE / August 23, 2022 / Yandex N.V., a Dutch public limited company, today announced that its Russian operating subsidiary has entered into a binding agreement with VK, one of Russia’s largest social media businesses, to sell Yandex’s news aggregation platform and Zen infotainment service as well as the main page, where both services have been located. As sole consideration for these assets, Yandex will acquire 100% of the food delivery… Source link

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Yandex signs deal with VK to sell its media products, News and Zen – TechCrunch

Yandex signs deal with VK to sell its media products, News and Zen – TechCrunch

In further fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yandex, the company that’s sometimes referred to as the ‘Google of Russia,’ has signed a term sheet to sell its media division to VKontakte (VK), aka the local Facebook equivalent. Yandex confirmed it has signed a term sheet to divest its news aggregator (News) and blogging/infotainment platform (Zen) with VK today. But it declined to provide further detail on the transaction that’s been agreed with VK, including financial… Source link

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