Businessmen Arcady and Boris Rotenbergi intend to create own media holding. Brothers carry on negotiations on purchase of media assets of Alexander Mamuta and Vladimir Potanin.
"Poster", the LiveJournal.com blog-service, and also sites Championat.com, Quto.ru, Redigo.ru is a question of "Rambler", IDES.
Experts estimate transaction cost at the sum from 300 to 600 million dollars. According to the sources close to Rotenbergam if the transaction takes place, it will be not the last.
On March 28 Mamut and Potanin reported about association of the Internet assets - SUP Media and "Rambler-Afishi". Mamut becomes operating shareholder of the united company, he will head its board of directors. The total number of unique visitors of the sites belonging to SUP'Ò and "Rambler-Afishe", is equal to 35 million. Thus, the new structure becomes the third in the Runet on audience volume after "Yandex" and Mail.Ru. The united company leaves in leaders of the advertizing market of the Runet.
Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg (on December 15, 1951, Leningrad) — the Russian billionaire. In the past — the wrestler of judo in one Leningrad section svladimiry Putin. The deserved trainer and the Honoured worker of physical culture of Russian Federatsi. The doctor of pedagogical sciences, the author more than 30 educational and methodical and scientific works in the sphere of the organization and management of training process. (from WIKI)
In March the Forbes magazine published a rating of the largest contractors of the Russian state. Arcady Rotenberg took the second year in it the first place. His brother Boris Rotenberg is called the partner of the businessman. According to the edition, in 2012 of their company "Northern Sea Route", "Stroygazmontazh", "Mostotrest" and others received state contracts on 286 billion rubles. http://www.spletnik.ru/