Zen News
{{Short description|Russian online news aggregator}}
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| language count = Russian and Ukrainian
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| website = {{URL|https://dzen.ru/news}}
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Dzen News (tr. Zen Novosti; formerly Yandex.News) is a Russian news aggregator. It was developed by Yandex in 2000 and acquired by VK in 2022.{{cite news |url=https://thebell.io/yandeks-zakryl-sdelku-po-prodazhe-dzena-i-novostey-kompanii-vk |title=Yandex sold Zen and News to VK | work=The Bell |date=September 12, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914094850/https://thebell.io/yandeks-zakryl-sdelku-po-prodazhe-dzena-i-novostey-kompanii-vk |url-status=live }}
Zen.News aggregates articles submitted by publishers via RSS 2.0 and ranks them according to various parameters. The articles are sorted and added to collections related to key events (so-called Stories). The process is automated.{{cite web |url=https://ms.detector.media/onlain-media/post/15068/2015-12-02-yandeks-novosty-kak-ustroena-rabota-servysa/ |title=How the Yandex.News work? |author=Sergi Lefter |date=December 2, 2015 |publisher=Media Sapiens |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207231006/https://ms.detector.media/onlain-media/post/15068/2015-12-02-yandeks-novosty-kak-ustroena-rabota-servysa/ |url-status=live }} Since 2016, the service only aggregates publications from publishers with a license issued by Roskomnadzor.{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/news/2016/10/20/iz-yandeks-novostey-uberut-soobscheniya-smi-ne-imeyuschih-registratsii-roskomnadzora |title=Yandex.News excluded sources without Roskomnadzor-issued license |date=October 20, 2016 |publisher=Meduza |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021074730/https://meduza.io/news/2016/10/20/iz-yandeks-novostey-uberut-soobscheniya-smi-ne-imeyuschih-registratsii-roskomnadzora |url-status=live }}
In July 2019, the monthly audience of Zen.News (Yandex.News) totaled 34 million users. It had a market share of 36% in Russia.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/382211-zhizn-bez-yandeksnovostey-kto-postradaet-v-sluchae-zakrytiya-agregatora |title=The life without Yandex.News |author=Irina Yuzbekova |date=August 22, 2019 |publisher=Forbes |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914075743/https://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/382211-zhizn-bez-yandeksnovostey-kto-postradaet-v-sluchae-zakrytiya-agregatora |url-status=live }}
Controversies
In 2014, a report stated that the government of Moscow manipulated Zen.News (Yandex.News) search results by running a network of local online newspapers that provided positive coverage of city events.{{cite web |url=http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/22/10/2014/5447a659cbb20f1d5d33b94d |title=We investigated: how the authorities outsmarted Yandex |date=October 22, 2014 |publisher=RBC |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213211113/http://top.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/22/10/2014/5447a659cbb20f1d5d33b94d |url-status=live }} In many contexts, such as the Russo-Georgian War, anti-Putin protests in Russia, and the Russo-Ukrainian War, search results and stories were apparently manipulated, though the service denied such accusations.{{cite web |author=Benumov |first=Konstantin |date=24 October 2016 |title="Ощущения, что от медиасреды отстали, нет" Интервью бывшего руководителя "Яндекс.Новостей" Татьяны Исаевой о реформе агрегаторов |trans-title=The media are still under pressure |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2016/10/24/oschuscheniya-chto-ot-mediasredy-otstali-net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330084423/https://meduza.io/feature/2016/10/24/oschuscheniya-chto-ot-mediasredy-otstali-net |archive-date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |website=Meduza.io |publisher=}}{{Cite web |last=Скоробогатый |first=Петр |date=2014 |title=Сетевая омерта России |trans-title=Digital death of Russia |url=http://expert.ru/expert/2014/26/setevaya-omerta-rossii/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624144204/http://expert.ru/expert/2014/26/setevaya-omerta-rossii/ |archive-date=2014-06-24 |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=Expert.ru}}{{cite web |last=Асанова |first=Антонина |date=5 May 2022 |title="Яндекс.Новости" сыграли в ящик |trans-title=How the Yandex News became the digital equivalent of TV |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/05/17/iandeks-novosti-sygrali-v-iashchik |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027123928/https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/05/17/iandeks-novosti-sygrali-v-iashchik |archive-date=October 27, 2022 |access-date=September 7, 2022 |website=Novayagazeta.eu |publisher=}}
In 2022, Meduza reported that stories were censored as a part of a secret agreement with the government of Russia.{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/05/05/my-zamuchilis-borotsya |title="We gave up on fighting". How the Russo-Ukraine War affected Yandex |author=Svetlana Reiter |date=May 5, 2022 |publisher=Meduza |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122233511/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/05/05/my-zamuchilis-borotsya |url-status=live }}
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the service allegedly aided state propaganda by suppressing all independent coverage of the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/382211-zhizn-bez-yandeksnovostey-kto-postradaet-v-sluchae-zakrytiya-agregatora |title=Жизнь без "Яндекс.Новостей": кто пострадает в случае закрытия агрегатора | trans-title=How to live without Yandex.News: the possible consequences of news aggregator closure | first=Irina | last=Yuzbekova | work=Forbes |date=August 22, 2019 |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914075743/https://www.forbes.ru/tehnologii/382211-zhizn-bez-yandeksnovostey-kto-postradaet-v-sluchae-zakrytiya-agregatora |url-status=live }}
Such practices led to sanctions against the service and key executives.{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/05/05/my-zamuchilis-borotsya |title="We gave up on fighting": how the Russian invasion of Ukraine shattered Yandex | first=Svetlana | last=Reiter | work=Meduza |date=May 5, 2022 |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122233511/https://meduza.io/feature/2022/05/05/my-zamuchilis-borotsya |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://thebell.io/osnovatel-yandeksa-arkadiy-volozh-popal-pod-sanktsii-evrosoyuza |title=Yandex founder Arkady Volozh became a subject of EU sanctions | first=Daria | last=Korzhova | work=The Bell |date=June 3, 2022 |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122233513/https://thebell.io/osnovatel-yandeksa-arkadiy-volozh-popal-pod-sanktsii-evrosoyuza |url-status=live }}
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