Sputnik

Summary

Sputnik is a news agency^[1]. Sputnik ranks in the top 5% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,146 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 main subject is news^[20].
• Sputnik's director / manager is recorded as Dmitry Kiselyov^[21].
• Sputnik's director / manager is recorded as Margarita Simonyan^[22].
• Sputnik's product or material produced is recorded as news^[23].
• Sputnik's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Telling the Untold'}^[24].
• Sputnik's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Говорим то, о чём другие молчат'}^[25].
• Sputnik's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+896'}^[26].
• Sputnik's different from is recorded as sputnik.ru^[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^[21] and Margarita Simonyan^[22].

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^[28], in Azerbaijan^[29], founded in 2014^[30], headquartered in Baku^[31] and Sputnik Belarus^[11], a news agency^[32], in Belarus^[33], founded in 2014^[34], headquartered in Minsk^[35].

Industry

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

Ownership

Owners include Government of Russia^[6], an executive branch^[36], in Russia^[37], founded in 1993^[38], headquartered in White House^[39] and Rossiya Segodnya^[7], a news agency^[40], in Russia^[41], founded in 2013^[42], headquartered in Khamovniki District^[43]. Sputnik's product or material produced is recorded as news^[23].

Why It Matters

Sputnik ranks in the top 5% of news_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,146 views/month).^[2] Sputnik has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] Sputnik is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]