31 Jan 2013 12:37
Interfax remains most frequently cited Russia-focused agency worldwide - survey
MOSCOW. Jan 31 (Interfax) - Interfax maintained its leadership in 2012 among news agencies operating in Russia in terms of the frequency with which it is cited in top foreign and Russian media outlets, according to a survey based on major media databases.
Reports stored by Factiva, a business information and research tool, and Interfax‘s own SCAN comprehensive news analysis system were used as the basis for the study.
Interfax had the highest citation ratings among the three leading Russian news agencies in the world media based on an analysis of reports from Factiva‘s archives (31,000 leading news and business information sources in 200 countries).
In the "Major International News Agencies" category, Interfax ran ahead of RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS for the frequency of references as regards all sources.
Reuters‘ English-language newswires cited Interfax on 460 occasions, while there were 128 references to RIA Novosti, and 91 to ITAR-TASS, according to Factiva.
The English-language wires of Dow Jones had 761 references to Interfax, 50 to RIA Novosti and 7 to ITAR-TASS.
The French-language wires of Agence France Presse (AFP) had 909 references to Interfax, 446 to RIA Novosti, and 201 to ITAR-TASS.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had 5,419 references to Interfax, 1,745 to RIA Novosti and 103 to ITAR-TASS.
Spanish agency EFE cited Interfax on 668, RIA Novosti on 117, and ITAR-TASS on 12 occasions.
The German-language wires of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) had 1,162 references to Interfax, 70 to ITAR-TASS, and 36 to RIA Novosti.
Italy‘s ANSA made 316 references to Interfax, 138 to ITAR-TASS, and 64 to RIA Novosti.
The English-language wires of China‘s Xinhua News Agency had 208 references to Interfax, 138 to ITAR-TASS, and 96 to RIA Novosti, according to Factiva.
The picture is similar in the "U.S. Printed Media Category," also according to Factiva. Interfax was cited on 1,322, RIA Novosti on 939, and ITAR-TASS on 625 occasions.
In the "British Printed Media" category, Interfax, RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS have records of 73, 38 and 34 references respectively.
In "German Printed Media," Interfax had 408, ITAR-TASS 181, and RIA Novosti 43 references.
The "French Printed Media" shows 410 references to Interfax, 312 to ITAR-TASS, and 213 to RIA Novosti, according to Factiva.
The study of references in the Russian media was based on SCAN (6,500 sources) and looked at eight principal Russian news agencies: Interfax, RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Reuters, Prime, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), Regnum and Rosbalt.
For the sake of objectivity and authenticity, references by news agencies to their own information were not taken into account in the study. Neither were blogs, Internet resources that could not be categorized as media outlets, or press digests - the purpose of excluding digests was to avoid duplications of findings.
Interfax was the leader for the total number of references in all Russian media, or about 3,000 sources, being cited on 102,391 occasions. RIA Novosti recorded 93,336 and ITAR-TASS 47,093 references. Then came Reuters (26,951), RBC (25,476), Prime (8,358), Rosbalt (6,797) and Regnum (5,563).
The more than 650 newspapers and magazines included in the "Russian Central and Federal Printed Media" category made 9,886 references to Interfax, 5,576 to RIA Novosti, 3,367 to Reuters, 1,771 to Prime, 1,725 to ITAR-TASS, 1,680 to RBC, 1,344 to Regnum and 208 to Rosbalt.
The 132 leading Russian television channels and radio stations included in the "Federal Television and Radio" category made 47,692 references to Interfax, 43,595 to RIA Novosti, 24,668 to ITAR-TASS, 3,532 to Reuters, 2,669 to RBC, 954 to Rosbalt, 697 to Regnum and 351 to Prime.
In "Regional Printed Media," Interfax was at the top in 12 of Russia‘s 19 most densely constituent territories surveyed in the category - the city of St. Petersburg, the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, the territories of Krasnoyarsk and Perm, and the regions of Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, though in the latter it shared the leadership with RIA Novosti.
RIA Novosti was the leader in 7 of the 19 territorial units - the territories of Krasnodar, Primorye and Khabarovsk, and the regions of Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk and Saratov.
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INTERFAX REMAINS MOST FREQUENTLY CITED RUSSIA-FOCUSED AGENCY WORLDWIDE - SURVEY
Interfax maintained its leadership in 2012 among news agencies operating in Russia in terms of frequency of references in top foreign and Russian media outlets, according to a study based on an analysis of publications stored in Factiva, the major international media database (31,000 leading news and business sources) and on Interfax‘s own SCAN (6,500 sources) comprehensive news analysis system.
The international media citations frequency rating of the three major Russian news agencies Interfax, RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS, for 2012 includes the following Factiva categories:
- Biggest international news agencies: Reuters, Dow Jones, AFP, DPA, EFE, ANSA, Xinhua
- BBC radio station
- U.S. newspapers
- British newspapers
- German newspapers
- French newspapers
The frequency of references to the eight largest news agencies operating in Russia (Interfax, RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Reuters, PRIME-TASS, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), Regnum, and Rosbalt) in Russian media outlets was analyzed based on the SCAN system.
The rating was based on the following criteria:
- All Russian media (2,858 sources in SCAN). To ensure impartiality and authenticity, the news agencies‘ own news products were excluded from the study. Also, blogs, Internet-resources and press monitoring were excluded.
- Central and federal printed media (659 most authoritative newspapers and magazines);
- Federal radio and TV media (132 sources, including Channel One, Rossiya TV Channel, NTV, RenTV, TVC, Radio Rossii, Radio Mayak, Radio Golos Rossii, Radio Ekho Moskvy, Radio RSN, Radio Vesti FM, Radio City-FM, Radio Kommersant FM and others);
- Regional printed media in most densely populated Russian regions (Bashkortostan, Volgograd, Voronezh, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk regions, Perm, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Primorye territories, Rostov region, Samara region, St Petersburg, Saratov, Sverdlovsk regions, Tatarstan, Khabarovsk territory, Chelyabinsk region).
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Almost all leading international news agencies quoted Interfax more often than other leading Russian news agencies, according to Factiva.
Frequency of citations in international media
Period: 01.01.12-31.12.12
|
Sources
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR -ASS
|
|
Reuters newswires (in English)
|
460
|
128
|
91
|
|
Dow Jones newswires (in English)
|
761
|
50
|
7
|
|
AFP (in French)
|
909
|
446
|
201
|
|
DPA-AFX (in German)
|
1162
|
36
|
70
|
|
BBC, former Soviet Union (in English)
|
5419
|
1745
|
103
|
|
EFE Newswires (in Spanish)
|
668
|
117
|
12
|
|
ANSA (in Italian)
|
316
|
64
|
138
|
|
Xinhua News Agency (in English)
|
208
|
96
|
138
|
Source: Factiva
Foreign media
According to Factiva, United States newspapers quoted Interfax 1,322 times between January 1 to December 31, RIA Novosti - 939 times and ITAR-TASS - 625 times.
British newspapers quoted Interfax 73 times, RIA Novosti - 38 times and ITAR-TASS- 36 times.
German newspapers quoted Interfax 408 times, ITAR-TASS - 181 times and RIA Novosti - 43 times.
French newspapers quoted Interfax 410 times in 2012, ITAR-TASS - 312 times and RIA Novosti - 213 times.
Frequency of citations in foreign media
Period: 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012
|
|
Interfax
|
RIA Novosti
|
ITAR-TASS
|
|
United States newspaper (English)
|
1 322
|
939
|
625
|
|
British newspapers (English)
|
73
|
38
|
36
|
|
German newspapers (German language)
|
408
|
43
|
181
|
|
French newspapers (French language)
|
410
|
213
|
312
|
Source: Factiva
RUSSIAN MEDIA
Frequency of citations by media based on SCAN system
All Russian media
Period: 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
102 391
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
93 336
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
47 093
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
26 951
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
25 476
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
8 358
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
6 797
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
5 563
|
Central and Federal print media
Period: 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
9 886
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
5 576
|
|
3
|
Reuters
|
3 367
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
1 771
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
1 725
|
|
6.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
1 680
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
1 344
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
208
|
Central and federal TV and radio
Period 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
47 692
|
|
2.
|
RIA-Novosti
|
43 595
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
24 668
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
3 532
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC
|
2 669
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
954
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
697
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
351
|
Source: SCAN
Regional printed media
Period: 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012
Republic of Bashkortostan
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
94
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
70
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
44
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
23
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
20
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
4
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
1
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Volgograd region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
227
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
160
|
|
3.
|
ИА Regnum
|
46
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
17
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
13
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
8
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
4
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Voronezh Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
144
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
97
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
65
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
21
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
8
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
2
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Irkutsk Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
199
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
194
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
79
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
45
|
|
5.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
11
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
4
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
3
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
2
|
Kemerovo Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
53
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
47
|
|
3.
|
Reuters
|
13
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
12
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
11
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
4
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
1
|
Krasnodar Territory
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
146
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
114
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
81
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
29
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
10
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
8
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
0
|
Krasnoyarsk Territory
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
232
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
195
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
20
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
6
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
6
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
5
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
3
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Nizhny Novgorod Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
88
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
67
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
25
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
10
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
9
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Novosibirsk Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
392
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
276
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
6
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
20
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
18
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
6
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
2
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
0
|
Perm Territory
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
119
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
69
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
24
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
19
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
19
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
8
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
3
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
1
|
Primorye Territory
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
153
|
|
2.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
99
|
|
3.
|
Interfax
|
96
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
25
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
17
|
|
6.
|
Rosbalt
|
16
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
8
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
8
|
Rostov Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
823
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
396
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
153
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
151
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
41
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
27
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
23
|
|
8.
|
Reuters
|
19
|
Samara Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
178
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
133
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
45
|
|
4.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
24
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
14
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
9
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
5
|
|
8.
|
Reuters
|
2
|
St Petersburg
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
873
|
|
5.
|
RIA Novosti
|
335
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
92
|
|
2.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
57
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
55
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
35
|
|
7.
|
Rosbalt
|
13
|
|
8.
|
Regnum
|
9
|
Saratov Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
194
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
149
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
52
|
|
4.
|
Rosbalt
|
46
|
|
5.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
37
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
22
|
|
7.
|
Reuters
|
11
|
|
8.
|
Prime
|
6
|
Sverdlovsk Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
600
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
159
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
59
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
41
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
22
|
|
6.
|
Regnum
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Prime
|
4
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
4
|
Republic of Tatarstan
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
553
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
139
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
63
|
|
4.
|
Prime
|
32
|
|
5.
|
Regnum
|
27
|
|
6.
|
Reuters
|
18
|
|
7.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
15
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
3
|
Khabarovsk Territory
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
RIA Novosti
|
138
|
|
2.
|
Interfax
|
31
|
|
3.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
15
|
|
4.
|
Reuters
|
4
|
|
5.
|
Prime
|
3
|
|
6.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
2
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
0
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
0
|
Chelyabinsk Region
|
No
|
Source
|
Number of documents
|
|
1.
|
Interfax
|
21
|
|
2.
|
RIA Novosti
|
21
|
|
3.
|
ITAR-TASS
|
20
|
|
4.
|
RosBusinessConsulting (RBC)
|
17
|
|
5.
|
Reuters
|
8
|
|
6.
|
Prime
|
3
|
|
7.
|
Regnum
|
1
|
|
8.
|
Rosbalt
|
1
|
Source: SCAN