28th July 2008

Vasiliy Gatov Media3 company Adviser of the board became the first and only Russian representative on IFRA Members of the Board - the largest international trade organization, which consolidates representatives of world print and publishing business leaders.
Today IFRA is world major association and place to discuss current tendencies, future media technologies and printing and publishing business directions. In context of Russian media market influence extension (previously it was considered as emerging market only) IFRA management decided to include Russian representative to the Association Board. Media3 is the largest Russian print and publishing holding which use brand new achievements of media business. “Media-Park” key project is integrated newsroom for all the editions of the Group and print and publishing “Prestige” complex of “ATEX” company (Great Britain), based on brand new and recently developed media technologies implementation. Russian Media3 holding representative participation in IFRA Board will increase the level of Russian media community communication with international industry organizations and will provide world level companies information regarding major Russian media projects development.

“Russian membership in IFRA and our active participation in Association activities leads to the brand new publishing and print media technologies development, impossible without rapidly growing Russian mass media market at this point of industry development”, Vasiliy Gatov said.