9 Jul 2010 12:33
Interfax most frequently cited news agency in Russian and foreign media
Interfax remains the Russian news agency that is most frequently cited by Russian and foreign media, according to a survey for the first half of 2010. The survey is based on two principal global media databases – Factiva (35,000 leading sources of political and business information) and LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com), which houses over 37,000 foreign sources of information - and SCAN (System for Comprehensive Analysis of News), which contains texts from 2,076 Russian national and regional media outlets.
Among other things, the survey looks at how frequently the top three Russian news agencies - Interfax, RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS – were cited by foreign media. There were the following categories:
· Major World Publications in the LexisNexis classification, 801 publications;
· U.S. Newspapers in the LexisNexis classification, 847 publications in the English language;
· UK Newspapers in the LexisNexis classification, 554 English-language publications;
· German Publications in the LexisNexis classification, 216 publications in German;
· French Publications in the LexisNexis classification, 19 publications in French;
· Major international news agencies – Reuters, Dow Jones, The Associated Press, EFE, and Xinhua.
The survey of citing frequency in the Russian media was based on SCAN (2,076 national and regional outlets) and covered eight principal news agencies operative in Russia – Interfax, RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Reuters (as cited in Russian media), PRIME-TASS, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), Regnum, and Rosbalt.
There were the following ranking categories:
· Russia as an information space (2,076 outlets represented in SCAN). For purposes of objectivity and authenticity, references to these news agencies in their own material are not taken into account in the survey;
· Russian central (Moscow-based) and federal print media (about 650 particularly influential newspapers and magazines);
· Federal television and radio; the companies under survey include television channels First Channel, Rossiya, NTV, REN-TV and TVTs, and radio stations Radio Rossii, Mayak, Golos Rossii (Voice of Russia), Ekho Moskvy and Radio City-FM;
· Regional print media in particularly densely populated regions: the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the regions of Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, the territories of Perm, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Primorye, and Khabarovsk, and the city of St. Petersburg.
FOREIGN PRINT MEDIA
Of the three main Russian news agencies, Interfax remains the one most frequently cited by foreign print media, according to LexisNexis.
Interfax was cited 5,296 times, ITAR-TASS 1,426 times and RIA Novosti 1,120 times by media in the Major World Publications category (801 publications);
Interfax was cited 104, RIA Novosti 84 and ITAR-TASS 62 times in the U.S. Newspapers category (847 publications);
Interfax was cited 52, RIA Novosti 33 and ITAR-TASS 19 times in the UK Newspapers category (554 publications);
Interfax was cited 474, RIA Novosti 119 and ITAR-TASS 55 times in the German Publications category (216 publications);
Interfax was cited 68, RIA Novosti 51 and ITAR-TASS 10 times in the French Publications category (19 publications);
Rankings of Frequency of Citing in Foreign Print Media, January 1, 2010 to June 31, 2010
|
LexisNexis Category
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
Major World Publications
|
5 296
|
1 120
|
1 426
|
|
U.S. Newspapers
|
104
|
84
|
62
|
|
UK Newspapers
|
52
|
33
|
19
|
|
German Publications
|
474
|
55
|
119
|
|
French Publications
|
68
|
51
|
10
|
Source: LexisNexis
INTERNATIONAL NEWS AGENCIES
Interfax had the largest number of citings in all news agencies except The Associated Press, where he shared first place with ITAR-TASS.
Ranking of Citing Frequency in International News Agencies, January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010
|
Sources
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
Reuters
|
300
|
153
|
61
|
|
AP Newswires
|
400
|
347
|
101
|
|
Dow Jones English-Language Newswire
|
46
|
42
|
46
|
|
EFE, Spanish language Newswires
|
113
|
63
|
47
|
|
Xinhua General News Service
|
815
|
752
|
435
|
Sources: Factiva, LexisNexis
RUSSIAN MEDIA
According to the SCAN-based part of the survey, RIA Novosti had the largest number of references (66,941) in the Russian media. The statistics for Interfax and ITAR-TASS were 65,734 and 34,075 respectively. Then came Reuters (27,121), RBC (21,685), Rosbalt (10,166), Regnum (9,556), and PRIME-TASS (9,553). References to these agencies in their own publications are ignored in the survey.
Interfax came out on top in the category of Russian central (Moscow-based) and federal print media (about 650 particularly influential newspapers and magazines). There were 7,000 references to Interfax, 4,517 to RIA Novosti, 2,458 to Reuters, 2,035 to ITAR-TASS, 921 to PRIME-TASS, 390 to RBC, 69 to Regnum, and 63 to Rosbalt.
Interfax also topped the Federal television and radio category. Leading TV and radio companies made 6,468 references to Interfax in their programs. There were 5,650 references to RIA Novosti, 3,087 to ITAR-TASS, 886 to Reuters, 613 to RBC, 92 to Rosbalt, 72 to Regnum, and 23 to PRIME-TASS.
In the Regional print media category, Interfax was the most quoted news agency in eight of the 19 most densely populated regions - the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the territories of Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk, and the regions of Voronezh, Samara, Saratov and Sverdlovsk.
RIA Novosti was also the most frequently cited agency in eight regions – the territories of Krasnodar, Perm and Primorye and the regions of Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Chelyabinsk.
ITAR-TASS led in the city of St. Petersburg and the regions of Volgograd and Rostov.
Frequency of References Rankings for the Whole of Russia, January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
66 941
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
65 734
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
34 075
|
|
4
|
Reuters
|
27 121
|
|
5
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
21 685
|
|
6
|
Rosbalt
|
10 166
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
9 556
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
9 553
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Central and Federal Print Media,
January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
7 000
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
4 517
|
|
3
|
Reuters
|
2 458
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
2 035
|
|
5
|
PRIME-TASS
|
921
|
|
6
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
390
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
69
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
63
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Federal Television and Radio,
January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
6 468
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
5 650
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
3 087
|
|
4
|
Reuters
|
886
|
|
5
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
613
|
|
6
|
Rosbalt
|
92
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
72
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
23
|
Source: SCAN
Frequency of References Ranking, Regional Media,
January 1, 2010, to June 30, 2010
Republic of Bashkortostan
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
49
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
43
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
32
|
|
4
|
Reuters
|
10
|
|
5
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
7
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
7
|
|
7
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
0
|
Volgograd Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
ITAR-TASS
|
81
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
71
|
|
3
|
RIA Novosti
|
71
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
32
|
|
5
|
Regnum
|
30
|
|
6
|
PRIME-TASS
|
9
|
|
7
|
Reuters
|
9
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
4
|
Voronezh Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
111
|
|
2
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
58
|
|
3
|
RIA Novosti
|
55
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
32
|
|
5
|
PRIME-TASS
|
27
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
23
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
10
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Irkutsk Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
382
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
195
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
136
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
58
|
|
5
|
PRIME-TASS
|
47
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
23
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
6
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Kemerovo Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
300
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
220
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
117
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
52
|
|
5
|
Regnum
|
38
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
19
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
7
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
4
|
Krasnodar Territory
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
2 125
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
2 066
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
725
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
169
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
62
|
|
6
|
PRIME-TASS
|
62
|
|
7
|
Rosbalt
|
31
|
|
8
|
Regnum
|
19
|
Krasnoyarsk Territory
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
401
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
371
|
|
3
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
175
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
96
|
|
5
|
PRIME-TASS
|
96
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
42
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
8
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
5
|
Nizhny Novgorod Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
999
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
613
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
207
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
123
|
|
5
|
Rosbalt
|
43
|
|
6
|
PRIME-TASS
|
32
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
29
|
|
8
|
Reuters
|
24
|
Novosibirsk Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
530
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
353
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
65
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
49
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
13
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
11
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
7
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
4
|
Perm Territory
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
305
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
268
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
80
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
78
|
|
5
|
Regnum
|
71
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
13
|
|
7
|
Rosbalt
|
12
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
7
|
Primorye Territory
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
889
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
173
|
|
3
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
139
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
124
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
40
|
|
6
|
Rosbalt
|
19
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
14
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
13
|
Rostov Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
ITAR-TASS
|
313
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
234
|
|
3
|
PRIME-TASS
|
157
|
|
4
|
RIA Novosti
|
144
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
78
|
|
6
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
42
|
|
7
|
Regnum
|
8
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
7
|
Samara Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
590
|
|
2
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
327
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
148
|
|
4
|
RIA Novosti
|
92
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
33
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
25
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
17
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
17
|
St. Petersburg
(Excluding references by Rosbalt to other news agencies)
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
ITAR-TASS
|
3 809
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
2 680
|
|
3
|
RIA Novosti
|
1 572
|
|
4
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
619
|
|
5
|
Reuters
|
414
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
306
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
283
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
244
|
Saratov Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
61
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
28
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
15
|
|
4
|
Reuters
|
6
|
|
5
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
4
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
3
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
1
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Sverdlovsk Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
2 561
|
|
2
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1 416
|
|
3
|
RIA Novosti
|
1 333
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
997
|
|
5
|
Rosbalt
|
414
|
|
6
|
Reuters
|
274
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
95
|
|
8
|
Regnum
|
52
|
Republic of Tatarstan
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
1 150
|
|
2
|
ITAR-TASS
|
671
|
|
3
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
173
|
|
4
|
RIA Novosti
|
90
|
|
5
|
Regnum
|
79
|
|
6
|
Rosbalt
|
62
|
|
7
|
Reuters
|
44
|
|
8
|
PRIME-TASS
|
18
|
Khabarovsk Territory
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
Interfax
|
89
|
|
2
|
RIA Novosti
|
24
|
|
3
|
ITAR-TASS
|
10
|
|
4
|
Reuters
|
3
|
|
5
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
3
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
2
|
|
7
|
PRIME-TASS
|
1
|
|
8
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Chelyabinsk Region
|
¹
|
Source
|
Number of Documents
|
|
1
|
RIA Novosti
|
158
|
|
2
|
Interfax
|
151
|
|
3
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
115
|
|
4
|
ITAR-TASS
|
100
|
|
5
|
PRIME-TASS
|
24
|
|
6
|
Regnum
|
10
|
|
7
|
Rosbalt
|
8
|
|
8
|
Reuters
|
5
|
Source: SCAN
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