Day.az

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Russian

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Day.az is an Azerbaijani news portal established in 2003 by MP Anar Mammadkhanov,{{cite news | url = http://lenta.ru/news/2009/02/24/dayaz/ | title = В Азербайджане продан один из самых популярных новостных сайтов | date = 2009-02-24 | publisher = Lenta.Ru }} trading as the Day.Az Media Company. The content is published in Russian (day.az), English (today.az) and in Azerbaijani (milli.az) since February 1, 2010.{{cite book | title = Aserbaidschan: Unterwegs im Land der Feuer |author1=Philine von Oppeln |author2=Gerald Hübner | page = 303 | publisher = Trescher Verlag | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-3-89794-124-3}}{{cite book | title = Lonely Planet Georgia Armenia & Azerbaijan | author1 = John Noble | author2 = Michael Kohn | author3 = Danielle Systermans | page = [https://archive.org/details/georgiaarmeniaaz00nobl/page/296 296] | publisher = Lonely Planet | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-74104-477-5 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/georgiaarmeniaaz00nobl/page/296 }}{{cite book | title = Caucase du sud, la nouvelle guerre froide: Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Géorgie | author = Gaïdz Minassian | page = 186 | publisher = Autrement | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-2-7467-0912-6 }}[http://www.today.az/news/society/64525.html], today.az[http://www.mia.az/news/7339.html Azərbaycanda yeni xəbər portalı fəaliyyətə başlayıb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130815/http://www.mia.az/news/7339.html |date=2011-07-06 }}, mia.az[http://kultura.az/articles.php?item_id=20100203050518528&%3Bsec_id=7 В Азербайджане начал функционировать новый новостной портал] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130746/http://kultura.az/articles.php?item_id=20100203050518528&%3Bsec_id=7 |date=2011-07-06 }}, kultura.az[http://news.qaynar.info/index.php?mod=view&id=34911 Day.Az azərbaycan dilində xəbər saytı açdı]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Disruptions

The operators of Day.az claimed that they were the victim of cyberattacks during the 2008 South Ossetia war. On 11 August 2009, Day.az and ANS Press were disrupted, with day.az being inaccessible for almost two hours.{{cite news | url = http://www.ifex.org/russia/2008/08/12/two_websites_attacked_by_russian/ | date = 12 August 2008 | title = Two websites attacked by Russian hackers, allegedly to block flow of information on conflict in Georgia | publisher = International Freedom of Expression eXchange }} On 18 February 2009, the portal became inaccessible, and on the following day the domains' day.az and today.az were removed from the .az top-level domain. Reports concerning the cause ranged from speculation about "political mistakes", hackers, to creation of a new website.{{cite news | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/azeri/news/story/2009/02/090225_dayaz.shtml | title = Anar Məmmədxanlı Day.Az-ın satıldığını xəbər verib | publisher = BBC | date = February 25, 2009 }}

The sale process was triggered by the interview of Boris Berezovsky who is in exile in UK which angered Russian president at the time, Vladimir Putin, who demanded the shut-off the website. Later, the website was reopened by Trend News Agency management, loyal to the existing government.

References

External links

{{official website|http://www.today.az/}}

Category:Azerbaijani news websites

Category:News agencies based in Azerbaijan

Category:Mass media companies of Azerbaijan

Category:Publications established in 2003

Category:Azerbaijani-language websites

Category:Russian-language websites

Category:2003 establishments in Azerbaijan