RT

Summary

RT is a television network^[1]. RT ranks in the top 6% of television_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• RT's field of work was state media^[3].
• RT is in the country of Russia^[4].
• RT's instance of is recorded as television network^[5].
• RT's instance of is recorded as television station^[6].
• RT's instance of is recorded as foreign agent^[7].
• RT's instance of is recorded as website^[8].
• RT's founder is recorded as RIA Novosti^[9].
• RT's owned by is recorded as Rossiya Segodnya^[10].
• RT's owned by is recorded as RIA Novosti^[11].
• RT's logo image is recorded as Russia-today-logo.svg^[12].
• RT's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[13].
• RT's chief executive officer is recorded as Alexey Nikolov^[14].
• RT's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135261940^[15].
• RT's GND ID is recorded as 16147549-8^[16].
• RT's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2008170208^[17].
• RT's child organization or unit is recorded as Ruptly^[18].
• RT's child organization or unit is recorded as RT America^[19].
• RT's child organization or unit is recorded as RT DE^[20].
• RT's child organization or unit is recorded as RT UK^[21].
• RT's child organization or unit is recorded as RT International^[22].
• RT's Commons category is recorded as Russia Today^[23].
• RT's language of work or name is recorded as English^[24].
• RT's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish^[25].
• RT's language of work or name is recorded as Arabic^[26].
• RT's distribution format is recorded as cable television^[27].

Body

Founding

RT's founder is recorded as RIA Novosti^[9]. +2005-09-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of RT^[28].

Leadership

RT's chief executive officer is recorded as Alexey Nikolov^[14]. Chairpersons include Alexey Nikolov^[29], a television presenter^[30], b. 1957^[31], of Soviet Union^[32], awarded the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude^[33] and Margarita Simonyan^[34], a journalist^[35], b. 1980^[36], of Russia^[37], awarded the Khorenatsi medal^[38].

Operations

RT's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[13]. RT's parent organization or unit is recorded as ANO TV-Novosti^[39]. Subsidiaries include Ruptly^[18], a news agency^[40], in Germany^[41], founded in 2012^[42], headquartered in Berlin^[43]; RT America^[19], a television channel^[44], in Russia^[45], founded in 2010^[46], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[47]; RT DE^[20], a television channel^[48], founded in 2014^[49]; RT UK^[21], a television channel^[50], in Russia^[51], founded in 2014^[52], headquartered in London^[53]; and RT International^[22], a television channel^[54], in Russia^[55], founded in 2005^[56], headquartered in Moscow^[57].

Industry

Industries include journalism^[58] and news media^[59]. RT's field of work was state media^[3].

Ownership

Owners include Rossiya Segodnya^[10], a news agency^[60], in Russia^[61], founded in 2013^[62], headquartered in Khamovniki District^[63] and RIA Novosti^[11], a business^[64], in Russia^[65], founded in 1941^[66], headquartered in Moscow^[67].

Why It Matters

RT ranks in the top 6% of television_network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month).^[2] RT has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[68] RT is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[69]