Novynar (Ukrainian: Newsmaker)[1] was a weekly news magazine briefly published in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 2007 to 2008.
| Categories | News magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Jed Sunden |
| First issue | August 2007 |
| Final issue | 2008 |
| Company | KP Media |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Based in | Kyiv |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| OCLC | 176064896 |
Novynar was first published in August 2007.[2] Its website was also launched on the same date.[2] It was established as a quality alternative to Russian language news magazines in the country.[3]
The magazine was part of the KP Media which also owned Kyiv Post[4] and 15 Minutes, a metro daily.[5] The publisher was an American businessman, Jed Sunden.[6] It was published weekly in Kyiv.[7]
The KP media reported the initial circulation of Novynar as 15,000 copies in August 2007.[3]
Novynar ceased publication in November 2008 due to financial problems faced.[8][9] Sunden also closed 15 Minutes the same year and sold Kyiv Post to a British businessman, Mohammad Zahoor, in July 2009.[5]