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This is the first appointment of the new CEO Vyacheslav Murugov to the team.

The team at STS Media began to renew itself: Svetlana Fefilova, a former top manager of ProfMedia, was appointed deputy of the new general director Vyacheslav Murugov for operational development. Liliya Omasheva, who previously held this position, left the company following former CEO Yuliana Slashcheva.

A friend of hers told Kommersant about Svetlana Fefilova’s appointment at STS Media. An interlocutor close to the company confirmed that she has been appointed deputy general director for operational efficiency and operational development. An acquaintance of Ms. Fefilova adds that the company’s back office, including financial and legal areas, may actually come under her management.

For the last year, Ms. Fefilova worked as the executive director of the Pronto Media holding (manages the publications “From Hand to Hand”, Job.ru, etc.), and before that she worked for 12 years in the structures of ProfMedia. She worked at ProfMedia for several years under the supervision of Olga Paskina, who now runs the National Media Group, whose owners control a blocking stake in STS Media. Svetlana Fefilova combined the positions of executive vice president of Profmedia TV, which managed the Pyatnitsa, TV-3 and 2x2 channels, and general director of ProfMedia Business Solutions, a structure that provided legal and administrative support these assets.

Previously, the functions of the operating director were performed by Liliya Omasheva, the former general director of SUP Media, who came to the company at the invitation of Yuliana Slashcheva in 2013. She had to develop new directions, look for ways to optimize procurement and business processes. Ms. Slashcheva left the company a month ago, giving up the position of general director to Vyacheslav Murugov, the former general producer of STS Media and the former general director of its flagship TV channel. Currently, Liliya Omasheva does not work in the holding company, Kommersant’s interlocutor confirms.

Vyacheslav Murugov will have to regain STS's audience and market share, which declined while the company was in the process of being sold last year. Due to restrictions on foreign ownership, CTC Media shareholders, including the Swedish MTG, were forced to sell the holding. In December, YuTV acquired 75% of the Russian and Kazakh business of the holding, the remaining 25% remains with the Telcrest structures of Yuri Kovalchuk and his partners. In May, NASDAQ announced the delisting of CTC Media, Inc.

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How YuTV included “STS Media”

In July 2015, STS Media, which owns the on-air channels STS, Domashny and Peretz, received a non-binding offer from the broadcasting group YuTV (channels Yu, Muz-TV, 49% in the Russian Disney channel) to purchase 75% of the company's operating assets in Russia and Kazakhstan. Read more

For the last year, Ms. Fefilova worked in the structures of Gazprom Media - she was financial director NTV Plus and top manager of the Match TV channel. In 2015, she worked as the executive director of the Pronto Media holding (manages the publications “From Hand to Hand”, Job.ru, etc.), and before that she worked for 12 years in the structures of ProfMedia. “She is a well-known operating director in the media market,” notes Kommersant’s interlocutor at a large media holding. At ProfMedia, Ms. Fefilova worked for several years under Olga Paskina, who now heads the National Media Group. Svetlana Fefilova combined the positions of executive vice president of Profmedia TV, which managed the Pyatnitsa, TV-3 and 2x2 channels, and general director of ProfMedia Business Solutions, a structure that provided legal and administrative support for these assets.

Anna Afanasyeva

On what terms was the deal for the sale of STS Media to the YuTV holding closed?

The transaction for the sale of 75% of CTC Media to the YuTV holding was closed in December 2015, its amount amounted to $193.1 million, as specified in the company’s report. In order to comply with the law “On the Mass Media”, the company needs to increase the share of Russian ownership to 80%, for this the holding will conduct an additional issue - the remaining 5% of YuTV shares will be paid for with a 15-year promissory note for 10 billion rubles, STS previously reported.

How YuTV included “STS Media”

Svetlana Fefilova is the general director and executive vice president of ProfMedia TV.

Biography

Svetlana was born in Arkhangelsk.

In 1993 she graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Arkhangelsk Pedagogical University.

In 1998, she graduated from the All-Russian Financial and Economic Institute with a degree in accounting and auditing.

In 1993, she worked at Artelecom OJSC as a leading software engineer and chief accountant.

In 2002, she worked at UTK as Deputy General Director for Economics.

Since 2006 he has been working in companies of the ProfMedia holding.

Until 2010, CFO, Vice President for Finance and Operations of the Prof-Media Broadcasting Corporation.

In May 2012, she received the position of head of ProfMedia Business Solutions.

Since June 2012, he has been combining management of the company with the position of executive vice president of the ProfMedia TV holding.

As of June 5, 2014, Svetlana Fefilova works as General Director and Executive Vice President of ProfMedia TV.

Ekaterina Tikhomirova will become the CEO of Media Business Solutions - service company holdings NMG (owns 51% of Media Business Solutions) and STS Media (49%), which provides back office services for them, NMG said in a statement. Today Mrs. Tikhomirova has already been introduced to the team. She confirmed to Kommersant the information about the appointment. Media Business Solutions was created in June 2017 to operationally combine the NMG channels (REN and Channel Five) and CTC Media (CTC, Domashny, Che and CTC Love). It provides legal and administrative support for channels, procurement, and personnel management. Previously, the company was headed by STS Media COO Svetlana Fefilova.

Previously, Ekaterina Tikhomirova worked as vice president of the ACMG holding and general director of AS Rus Media JSC, publisher of Russian Forbes version. At the end of August, the owner of AS Rus Media, which was experiencing financial difficulties, changed: Magomed Musaev, who had previously financed the magazine, bought the company from Alexander Fedotov. Immediately after the deal, the company announced that Natalya Gandurina, who had already held this post in 2015–2016, became its new general director, and was fired in June Chief Editor Forbes Nikolai Uskov returned to the magazine as editorial director. The loss of AS Rus Media, according to SPARK-Interfax, last year amounted to 63 million rubles. with revenue of 690 million rubles.

Ms. Tikhomirova has extensive experience in the media industry, including management of large holding structures in various business segments, NMG said in a statement. Before ACMG, she headed the European Media Group radio holding for four years (manages Europe Plus, Road Radio, Retro FM, etc.). She also left EMG after being sold to new owners - the holding was bought by the co-owners of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company.

Vyacheslav Murugov

General Director of CTC Media (Chief Executive Officer)

From 2008 to 2014, he held the positions of General Director of the STS TV channel and General Producer of the STS Media holding.
Previously worked as a producer entertainment programs and series on STS and REN TV channels.
Under the leadership of Mr. Murugov, more than 50 television projects were successfully implemented, including popular TV series: “Kitchen”, “Voronins”, “Molodezhka”, “Ranetki”, “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Soldiers” and many others.
Member of the board of the Cinema Foundation, board of directors of Emmy International, Academy of Russian Television, Union of Journalists of Russia, head of the board of trustees of the Russian Media Manager award. Winner of the Medaille d'Honneur MIPTV 2017 for his contribution to the development of the global television business.
Winner of 16 TEFI awards and 6 awards from the Association of Film and Television Producers.

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Anastasia Polyakova

Operations Director at STS Media

Anastasia Polyakova holds the post of Deputy General Director for organizational development and operational efficiency of the business since October 2018.

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Alexander Kostyuk

Deputy General Director of CTC Media strategic development

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Irina Varlamova

Deputy General Director on content management

Irina Varlamova has held the post of Deputy General Director for Content Management since September 2016.

Irina is responsible for content management within the Holding (created by order or acquired as a license), pre-broadcast preparation and production service.

Ms. Varlamova joined the STS Media team in June 2016, taking the position of executive producer of the STS TV channel.

Irina is an experienced professional on Russian television. Before joining STS Media, Irina held the position of General Director of the REN TV channel and was the Executive Director of the Art Pictures Group company. Previously, for nine years at REN TV, Irina went through a career path from chief editor, head of the special projects department to executive producer. Irina also held the post of Executive Producer of the serial production of the Lean M company.

Graduated from the Moscow Technological Institute.

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Kim Belov

Director of Strategic Communications

Kim Belov took over as Director of Strategic Communications in July 2017.

Mr. Belov graduated from the screenwriting department of VGIK in 2003. He worked as a screenwriter and journalist. In 2004, he joined GQ magazine, where he spent three years – first as an editor, then as deputy editor-in-chief. In 2008, Kim Belov headed Empire magazine, and in 2009 he served as publisher at ICONS magazine. In 2010, he plunged into television drama, but in April 2014 he accepted an offer from the Condé Nast Russia publishing house to return to GQ magazine as editor-in-chief. During Mr. Belov's almost three years as editor-in-chief, the magazine demonstrated record audience figures in history. In December 2016, Kim Belov left GQ to focus on working in film and TV.

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Lev Makarov

Deputy General Director for Special Projects

Lev Makarov took over the post of Deputy General Director for Special Projects in March 2018.

Previously, Mr. Makarov served as General Director of the Che TV channel (since September 2016) and was responsible for the entire range of issues related to the management of the Che channel.

Before joining STS Media, Lev Makarov headed the 2X2 TV channel, which became one of the most prominent in the country. Being an on-air channel, “2X2” under the leadership of Mr. Makarov demonstrated impressive dynamics in audience and financial indicators.

Lev Makarov graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Moscow state university named after M.V. Lomonosov.

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Alexey Tolstogan

General Director of the EVEREST agency, STS Media's own sales house

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Marina Khripunova

General Director of the Domashny TV channel

Marina Khripunova took over the post of General Director of the Domashny TV channel in July 2016.

Previously, she held the position of program director for the Domashny and CTC Love TV channels. Before that, she worked on the M 1 TV channel, on the basis of which Domashny was created.

Ms. Khripunova has been working at STS Media for more than 10 years. Marina Khripunova took an active part in both the launch and further development"Home", which in last years demonstrates stable growth audience share.

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of VGIK named after. S. A. Gerasimova, majoring in “Management in Film and Television.”

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Elena Karpenko

Director of the TV channel "Che"

Elena Karpenko took over the post of Director of the Che TV channel in March 2018.

From 2008 to 2015, she worked at STS Media as Program Director of the DTV TV channel, and then as Director of Content Management for the Peretz TV channel. She headed the Program Department and the Program Production Department of the TV channel.

Before joining CTC Media, she worked at the international telecommunications holding Modern Times Group (MTG), where she held the post of Editor-in-Chief and Program Director of the DTV channel. She participated in the development of the company’s business in the Russian Federation and was at the forefront of the creation of the DTV-Viasat television channel.

She began her career in television at VGTRK (All-Russian State Television and Radio Company).

Graduated from the Sergo Ordzhonikidze State Academy of Management with a degree in Economics and Production Management.