A panel session called “Bloggers: A new media?” was held on June 3 as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum’s business program. Gazprom-Media Holding organised the panel session. The event’s participants discussed the regulation of blogging, the influence of the blogosphere on the young generations, the bloggers’ place among traditional media and whether it is possible to classify bloggers as mass media.
The discussion’s participants included Gazprom-Media Holding CEO Alexander Zharov, founder of Comedy Club Production Artur Dzhanibekyan, deputy head for public projects at the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhuravsky, editor-in-chief of Esquire Russia Sergey Minaev, bloggers Konstantin Zarutsky and Alexey Savko, executive director of media at Rambler Group Andrey Tsyper, CEO of STS Media Vyacheslav Murugov, among others. Journalist and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak moderated the session.
According to Gazprom-Media Holding’s CEO Alexander Zharov, the legislative regulation of bloggers is not on the agenda since they are not mass media.
