Sputnik, New Media Company

[Hong Key]

RT launches Sputnik

Sputnik, a major new media brand with modern multimedia centers in dozens of countries, was launched on November 10, 2014.

Sputnik points the way to a multipolar world that respects every country’s national interests, culture, history and traditions.

Sputnik tells the untold. The agency is uniquely positioned as a provider of alternative news content and a radio broadcaster.

Sputnik’s broadcasting is entirely geared toward foreign audiences.

All of Sputnik’s editorial boards in major world capitals will maintain their own websites and broadcast from local radio stations.

Sputnik radio broadcasting will operate in 30 languages in 2015, for a total of over 800 hours a day, covering over 130 cities and 34 countries.

Sputnik has multimedia press centers, it produces exclusive content for own web-sites and has radio service for the local audience.

Sputnik’s radio broadcasting will use only modern formats, such as FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), HD-Radio, as well as mobile phones and the Internet.

Sputnik produces its own multimedia content and broadcasts in: Russian, Abkhaz, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Crimean Tatar, Dari, English, Estonian, French, Finnish, German, Georgian, Hindi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Moldavian, Polish, Portuguese, Pashto, Spanish, Serbian, Turkish, Tajik, Uzbek, Ukrainian, Japanese.

Sputnik news feeds in English, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese are available around the clock. Regional editorial offices in Washington, Cairo, Beijing and Montevideo work 24/7 to provide a non-stop newscast.

Sputnik photo service relies on a worldwide network of photojournalists.

http://sputniknews.com/

[Methmatician]

It's a news corporation owned by Russia Today (Rossiya Segodnya) which is owned by the Russian government. It's the replacement for RIA Novosti and Voice of Russia and has been accused by some Westerners as being the 'BuzzFeed of Propaganda' (If you know what BuzzFeed is).