2 Mar 2012 11:45
Interfax most frequently sourced news agency in Russia and abroad in 2011
Interfax has once again been named Russia’s most frequently cited news agency both domestically and abroad.
According to a survey based on two major global media databases – Factiva (31,000 leading sources of political and business information) and LexisNexis (over 35,000 foreign sources of information), in addition to SCAN (System for Comprehensive Analysis of News - 4,167 sources) – Interfax was the most often-cited of all Russian news agency both at home and abroad in 2011.
The survey covered reference frequency rating in the international media in 2011 for the three major Russian news and information agencies – Interfax, RIA-Novosti and ITAR-TASS, and covered major international information agencies including Reuters, Dow Jones, AP, AFP, EFE, and Xinhua.
· U.S. media (Factiva)
· U.S. newspapers (Factiva)
· 50 leading U.S. newspapers (Factiva)
· UK media (Factiva)
· UK newspapers (Factiva)
· Leading UK newspapers (Factiva)
· German media (Factiva)
· German publications (LexisNexis – 198 German-language printed media)
· French media (Factiva)
Information agencies’ reference frequency in the Russian media was based on the SCAN system and involved eight major information agencies working in Russia: Interfax, RIA-Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Reuters, Prime, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), Regnum, and Rosbalt.
This rating was based on the following categories:
· All Russian mass media (2,064 sources, available in the SCAN system)
(To make the final report objective and authentic, references to these information agencies in their own publications were ignored, as were blogs, Internet resources and press monitoring services)
· Russia’s central and federal printed media (the 250 most authoritative newspapers and magazines)
· Federal media television and radio broadcasts (Channel One, Rossiya television, NTV, Ren-TV, TVC, Radio Russia, Radio Mayak, Voice of Russia Radio, Ekho Moskvy Radio, RSN Radio, Vesti-FM Radio, City-FM Radio, Radio Kommersant-FM and others)
· Regional printed media in the most densely populated Russian regions (St. Petersburg, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, the Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Sverdlovsk, Volgograd, and Voronezh regions, and Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Perm and Primorye territories)
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Interfax was again named the leader in terms of reference frequency among the three leading Russian information agencies on the basis of a survey of foreign mass media publications from the Factiva and LexisNexis archives.
Interfax was the most frequently cited news agency in this group in all major international information agencies between January 1 and December 31, 2011.
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Sources
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Interfax
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RIA Novosti
|
ITAR TASS
|
|
Reuters English language newswires
|
490
|
139
|
77
|
|
Associated Press newswires
|
71
|
69
|
60
|
|
AFP
|
988
|
489
|
219
|
|
EFE Spanish language newswires
|
323
|
57
|
31
|
|
Xinhua news agency (English)
|
899
|
388
|
427
|
|
Dow Jones English language newswires
|
782
|
124
|
32
|
Sources: Factiva, LexisNexis
FOREIGN MEDIA
Interfax was cited 995 times in leading U.S. mass media, according to Factiva, RIA Novosti 629 times and ITAR-TASS 528 times.
U.S. newspapers cited Interfax 431 times in 2011 and the 50 leading American printed publications cited Interfax 292 times; RIA Novosti 252 times (142) and ITAR-TASS 249 (85) times.
European newspapers quoted Interfax 4,102 times in 2011, according to Factiva, RIA Novosti 3,022 times and ITAR TASS 1,098 times.
UK media cited Interfax 658 times, ITAR TASS 402 times and RIA Novosti 400 times, according to Factiva; while U.K. newspapers mentioned Interfax 240 times (the leading UK newspapers 60 times), RIA-Novosti 209 (58) times and ITAR-TASS 134 (46) times.
The figures for the German mass media, according to Factiva, are: Interfax – 1,489 times, ITAR-TASS 446 times and RIA Novosti 142 times. LexisNexis, meanwhile, says that Interfax was quoted 1,031 times, ITAR-TASS 229 times and RIA-Novosti 119 times.
French media cited Interfax 522 times, ITAR-TASS 269 times and RIA Novosti 233 times, Factiva says.
Rating of reference frequency in foreign media from January 1 to December 31, 2011
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|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
U.S. (English)
|
995
|
629
|
528
|
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UK (English)
|
658
|
400
|
402
|
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Germany (German)
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1,489
|
142
|
446
|
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France (French)
|
522
|
233
|
269
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Source: Factiva
Rating of reference frequency in foreign printed media
From January 1 to December 31, 2011
|
|
Interfax
|
RIA-Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
U.S. newspapers
|
431
|
252
|
249
|
|
50 leading U.S. newspapers
|
292
|
142
|
85
|
|
European newspapers
|
4,102
|
3,022
|
1,098
|
|
UK newspapers
|
240
|
209
|
134
|
|
Leading UK newspapers
|
60
|
58
|
46
|
|
German Publications
|
1,031
|
119
|
229
|
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French National Publications
|
110
|
115
|
45
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Source: Factiva, LexisNexis
RUSSIAN MEDIA
Rating of reference frequency based on SCAN
All Russian media (except online resources)
From January 1 to December 31, 2011
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№
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Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
95,009
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
80,749
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
49,319
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
27,643
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
25,314
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
14,505
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
5,012
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
4,190
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Source: SCAN
Central, federal printed media
From January 1 to December, 31 2011
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№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
9,281
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
5,344
|
|
3
|
Reuters
|
3,094
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
1,840
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
1,737
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
865
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
710
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
318
|
Source: SCAN
Federal mass media tv and radio broadcasts
From January 1 to December 31, 2011
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
30,650
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
18,529
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
12,623
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
4,204
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1,239
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
361
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
354
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
270
|
Source: SCAN
Regional printed media
From January 1 to December 31, 2011
Bashkortostan
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№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
93
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
65
|
|
3.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
58
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
41
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
37
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
11
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Chelyabinsk region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
51
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
48
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
28
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
26
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
12
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
10
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
7
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
1
|
Irkutsk region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
231
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
125
|
|
3.
|
Prime
|
65
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
61
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
8
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
7
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
3
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Kemerovo region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
35
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
22
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC))
|
12
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
5
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
3
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
1
|
|
8.
|
Rregnum
|
0
|
Khabarovsk Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
144
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
35
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
14
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
6
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
5
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
2
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
0
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Krasnodar Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
203
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
168
|
|
3.
|
Interfax
|
135
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC))
|
67
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
27
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
15
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
12
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
8
|
Krasnoyarsk Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
394
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
132
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
35
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
24
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
20
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
5
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
4
|
Nizhny Novgorod region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
176
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
128
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
44
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
26
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
25
|
|
6.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
19
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
4
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Novosibirsk region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
201
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
69
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
49
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
29
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
11
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
8
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
|
8.
|
Rregnum
|
1
|
Perm Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
234
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
106
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
86
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
34
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
26
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
25
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
11
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Primorye Territory
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
115
|
|
2.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
101
|
|
3.
|
Interfax
|
93
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
50
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
25
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
7
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
6
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
2
|
Rostov region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
894
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
508
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
188
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
128
|
|
5.
|
Rregnum
|
62
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
58
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
42
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
39
|
Samara region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
132
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
119
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
38
|
|
4.
|
Regnum
|
23
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
23
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
12
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
9
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Saratov region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
196
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
136
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
58
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
40
|
|
5.
|
Rregnum
|
37
|
|
6.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
34
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
21
|
|
8.
|
Reuters
|
13
|
St. Petersburg
|
№
|
Source
|
Numberofdocuments
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
898
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
827
|
|
3.
|
Reuters
|
199
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
185
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
93
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC))
|
81
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
35
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
32
|
Sverdlovsk region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
522
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
108
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
50
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
25
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
10
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
10
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
6
|
Tatarstan
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
292
|
|
2.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
274
|
|
3.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
259
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
141
|
|
5.
|
Rregnum
|
47
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
42
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
19
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
16
|
Volgograd region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
285
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
126
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
37
|
|
4.
|
Regnum
|
37
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
21
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
12
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
5
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Voronezh region
|
№
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
105
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
51
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
28
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
15
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
9
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
8
|
|
7.
|
ИА Regnum
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Source: SCAN: