Sputnik

Summary

Sputnik is a news agency^[1]. Sputnik ranks in the top 5% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sputnik is in the country of Russia^[3].
• Sputnik's instance of is recorded as news agency^[4].
• Sputnik's instance of is recorded as web portal^[5].
• Sputnik is owned by Government of Russia^[6].
• Sputnik is owned by Rossiya Segodnya^[7].
• Sputnik followed Voice of Russia^[8].
• Sputnik's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[9].
• Sputnik's child organization or unit is recorded as Sputnik Azerbaijan^[10].
• Sputnik's child organization or unit is recorded as Sputnik Belarus^[11].
• Sputnik's Commons category is recorded as Sputnik (news agency)^[12].
• Sputnik's radio format is recorded as frequency modulation^[13].
• Sputnik's radio format is recorded as digital radio^[14].
• Sputnik's industry is recorded as news^[15].
• November 10, 2014 marks the founding of Sputnik^[16].
• Sputnik's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.7375, 'lon': 37.59027777777778}^[17].
• Sputnik's parent organization or unit is recorded as Rossiya Segodnya^[18].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputnikglobe.com/^[19].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputniknews.lat/^[20].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputnik-abkhazia.info/^[21].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputnik-abkhazia.ru/^[22].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://arabic.sputniknews.com/^[23].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://bel.sputnik.by/^[24].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputnik.by/^[25].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://br.sputniknews.com/^[26].
• Sputnik's official website is recorded as https://sputniknews.cn/^[27].

Body

Founding

November 10, 2014 marks the founding of Sputnik^[16].

Identity

Sputnik followed Voice of Russia^[8].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Dmitry Kiselyov^[28] and Margarita Simonyan^[29].

Operations

Sputnik's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[9]. Sputnik's parent organization or unit is recorded as Rossiya Segodnya^[18]. Subsidiaries include Sputnik Azerbaijan^[10], a news agency^[30], in Azerbaijan^[31], founded in 2014^[32], headquartered in Baku^[33] and Sputnik Belarus^[11], a news agency^[34], in Belarus^[35], founded in 2014^[36], headquartered in Minsk^[37].

Industry

Sputnik's industry is recorded as news^[15].

Ownership

Owners include Government of Russia^[6], an executive branch^[38], in Russia^[39], founded in 1993^[40], headquartered in White House^[41] and Rossiya Segodnya^[7], a news agency^[42], in Russia^[43], founded in 2013^[44], headquartered in Khamovniki District^[45]. Sputnik's product or material produced is recorded as news^[46].

Why It Matters

Sputnik ranks in the top 5% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (282 views/month).^[2] Sputnik has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] Sputnik is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]