Interfax most frequently sourced news provider in Russian and foreign media
Interfax remains the most frequently cited Russian news provider by local and foreign media outlets, according to a survey based on the SCAN database (System for Comprehensive Analysis of News), which contains texts from 1,630 Russian national and regional media outlets) and archives from LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), which houses over 37,000 foreign sources of information.
The survey also looked at how times the top three Russian news agencies - Interfax, RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS – were quoted by foreign media.
The survey results have been broken up into the following categories for references in the Russian media:
The amount of references by all Russian information providers (1,630 sources in the SCAN database); for purposes of objectivity and authenticity, the survey disregarded references to those agencies in their own publications;
The amount of references by Russian central (Moscow-based) and federal print media (about 400 particularly influential newspapers and magazines);
The amount of references by federal television and radio, which includes TV channels such as First Channel, Rossiya, NTV, TVTs and REN-TV, and radio stations Mayak, Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia) and Ekho Moskvy;
The amount of references by regional print media in 19 densely populated regions: republics of Bashkortostan and the republic of Tatarstan, the regions of Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Perm, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, the territories of Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Primorye, and Khabarovsk, and the city of St. Petersburg.
The survey results have also been broken up into the following categories for references in the foreign media:
The amount of references by Major World Publications in the LexisNexis archives, 749 publications in the English language;
The amount of references by U.S. print media (U.S. Newspapers in the LexisNexis archives, 831 publications in English language);
The amount of references by British print media (UK Newspapers in the LexisNexis archives, 553 publications in the English language);
The amount of references by German print media (German Newspapers in the LexisNexis archives, 204 publications in the German language);
The amount of references by French print media (French Newspapers in the LexisNexis archives, 19 publications in the French language);
Major international news agencies (Reuters, The Associated Press, Agence France Presse, EFE and Xinhua).
RUSSIAN MEDIA
According to the SCAN-based part of the survey, Interfax had the largest number of references (154,018) in the Russian media (1,630 sources) in 2009.
The statistics for RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS were 102,776 and 56,495 respectively.
Then came Reuters (41,915), RBC (28,568), PRIME-TASS (15,652), Regnum (7,734), and Rosbalt (7,139).
(References to these agencies in their own publications were ignored in the survey.
It is worth noting, however, that Rosbalt made more than 5,500 references to RIA Novosti in its publications.)
Interfax came out on top in the category of Russian central (Moscow-based) and federal print media.
There were 12,605 references to Interfax, 8,731 to RIA Novosti, 4,851 to Reuters, 3,550 to ITAR-TASS, 2,076 to PRIME-TASS, 1,033 to RBC, 269 to Rosbalt, and 206 to Regnum.
Interfax also topped the federal television and radio category. Leading TV and radio companies made 12,360 references to Interfax in their programs. There were 11,028 references to RIA Novosti, 6,326 to ITAR-TASS, 1,892 to Reuters, 1,520 to RBC, 317 to Rosbalt, 317 to Regnum, and 166 to PRIME-TASS.
In the regional print media category, Interfax was the most quoted news provider in 14 of the 19 regions - the city of St. Petersburg, the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the regions of Volgograd, Voronezh, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov and Sverdlovsk, and the territories of Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm and Khabarovsk.
RIA Novosti was the most sourced news provider in the remaining five regions – the regions of Nizhny Novgorod, Irkutsk, Kemerovo and Chelyabinsk and the territory of Primorye.
Frequency of References Rankings for 2009 (January 1 to December 31) according to SCAN:
Frequency of References Ranking, All Russian information providers
Period: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
154,018
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
102,776
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
56,495
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
41,915
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
28,568
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
15,652
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
7,734
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
7,139
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Central and Federal Print Media
Period: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
12,605
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
8,731
|
|
3.
|
Reuters
|
4,851
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
3,550
|
|
5.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
2,076
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1,033
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
269
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
206
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Federal Television and Radio
Period: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
12,360
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
11,028
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
6,326
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
1,892
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1,520
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
317
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
317
|
|
8.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
166
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Regional Media
Period: January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
Volgograd Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
235
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
118
|
|
3.
|
RIA Novosti
|
82
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
57
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
53
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
23
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
9
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
Nizhny Novgorod Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
949
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
680
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
193
|
|
4.
|
Regnum
|
133
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
103
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
91
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
70
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
33
|
Novosibirsk Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
815
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
665
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
147
|
|
4.
|
Regnum
|
88
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
73
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
21
|
|
7.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
18
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
14
|
Perm Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
546
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
358
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
264
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
189
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
137
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
43
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
29
|
|
8.
|
PRIME TASS
|
13
|
Rostov Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
752
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
697
|
|
3.
|
RIA Novosti
|
607
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
365
|
|
5.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
362
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
132
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
58
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
30
|
Samara Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
1 081
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
692
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
421
|
|
4.
|
RIA Novosti
|
359
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
145
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
133
|
|
7.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
50
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
42
|
St. Petersburg
(Excluding references by Rosbalt to other news agencies)
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
2 865
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
1 438
|
|
3.
|
RIA Novosti
|
1 192
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
946
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
584
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
522
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
494
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
209
|
Sverdlovsk Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
4 840
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
2 045
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1 758
|
|
4.
|
RIA Novosti
|
1 614
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
637
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
318
|
|
7.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
235
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
90
|
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
2 635
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
1,343
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
367
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
234
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
167
|
|
6.
|
RIA Novosti
|
114
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
108
|
|
8.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
62
|
Chelyabinsk Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
460
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
435
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
237
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
211
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
92
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
86
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
15
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
9
|
Republic of Bashkortostan
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
62
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
42
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
40
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
27
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
11
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
8
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
|
8.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
1
|
Saratov Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
169
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
35
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
18
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
15
|
|
5.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
8
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
5
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Krasnodar Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
3 837
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
2 404
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
956
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
191
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
60
|
|
6.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
57
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
50
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
21
|
Krasnoyarsk Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
670
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
583
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
241
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
157
|
|
5.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
134
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
60
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
60
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
15
|
Voronezh Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
266
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
42
|
|
3.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
25
|
|
4.
|
Regnum
|
21
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
19
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
9
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
4
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
1
|
Khabarovsk Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
289
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
149
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
41
|
|
4.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
36
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
9
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
7
|
|
7.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
7
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Primorye Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
738
|
|
2.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
432
|
|
3.
|
Interfax
|
313
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
301
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
121
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
94
|
|
7.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
78
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
37
|
Irkutsk Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
404
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
251
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
118
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
60
|
|
5.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
46
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
24
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
11
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
Kemerovo Region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
360
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
265
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
120
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
57
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
39
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
36
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
11
|
|
8.
|
PRIME-TASS
|
6
|
Source: SCAN
FOREIGN PRINT MEDIA
Ranking for Frequency of References in Foreign Printed Media
Period: January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009
|
LexisNexis Category
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
Major World Publications
|
10,892
|
2,445
|
3,265
|
|
U.S. Newspapers
|
257
|
167
|
102
|
|
UK National Newspapers
|
76
|
46
|
38
|
|
German Publications*
|
1,092
|
83
|
249
|
|
French Publications*
|
124
|
79
|
37
|
*Except news agencies
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES
Period: January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009
|
Sources
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
Reuters*
|
616
|
389
|
157
|
|
AP
|
95
|
132
|
94
|
|
AFP
|
961
|
563
|
206
|
|
EFE, Spanish language Newswires
|
502
|
294
|
223
|
|
Xinhua
|
1 197
|
677
|
768
|
Source: LexisNexis