Annelies van den Belt was promoted today to the position of CEO of SUP, a growing international online media company. Previously, Ms. van den Belt had been General Manager of SUP’s Russian operations. SUP’s founder and first CEO, Andrew Paulson, will take up the position as Chairman of SUP’s Board of Directors.

LiveJournal is to launch, Ж Men, Russia’s first online TV series in to be broadcast by a social media platform. The concept for Ж Men was created by an in-house team in SUP, LiveJournal’s owners, and developed in partnership with M.A.M.A. a production company, whose team previously worked on many us high-profile projects for Russian TV.

 

SUP, one of Russia’s fastest growing online media companies, and Kommersant Publishing House, one of Russia’s most prestigious media businesses, have agreed to extend their online partnership. In return for a significant investment Kommersant have acquired an equity stake in SUP. Kommersant will also have the right to appoint two members to the SUP board.

LiveJournal Inc., one of the world's leading global online communities, today announced that Matthew Berardo has joined the company as Vice President and General Manager. Berardo will lead the LiveJournal team from its Californian home. He will report to Andrew Paulson, CEO of SUP, the owners of LiveJournal.com.

LiveJournal, Inc., one of the world’s leading online communities, announced it will open nominations today for its first ever Advisory Board user elections.

BBC World Service has taken its engagement with user-generated content to a new level thanks to a joint project with the leading Russian-language blogging platform, LiveJournal.com. The joint global project, Live Report provides a unique platform for the Russian-speaking blogging community. It connects bloggers with the BBC Russian website, bbcrussian.com, via Russia’s largest blogging platform, LiveJournal.