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Rodionov Publishing House (Russian: Издательский дом Родионова) or IDR (stands for Izdatelsky Dom Rodionova), based in Moscow, owns eight magazines. Founded by Sergey Rodionov^[1] along with his father, IDR is presently owned by both. Rodionov Publishing House has experienced top managers with proven track records (including well-known Russian media-manager Evgeny Dodolev (he ran Rodionov Publishing House in 2005-2009 as CEO, in Russian, Исполнительный директор).^[2][3][4][5]

Rodionov Publishing House owns the Politburo (closed January 2004), Paradox (closed July 2004) and other brands. Its portfolio includes business, men’s, women’s and special interest magazines.

in the career development arena.

IDR takes advantage of opportunities in the media market.^[24]

themed pages on different topics, an events calendar, general interest content.

Three years after the Russian version of BusinessWeek magazine went on sale in Russia, the Rodionov Publishing House has decided to close the project, saying the journal format is not popular on the domestic market. BusinessWeek spokesperson Patricia A. Strauss said the magazine would evaluate other projects for the Russian market. The license agreement will expire on June 30, 2008. Yevgeny Dodolev, publishing director of the Rodionov Publishing House's business publications group, said the BusinessWeek format had never been popular with the Russian market. "We have decided to close the unprofitable magazine because there is no advertising; and the project has not recouped itself," Dodolev told the paper. He said there were no profitable U.S. weekly magazines in Russia. Although our publishing house has invested over $10 million in the magazine since 2005, the project has not even reached breakeven point, Dodolev said. TNS Gallup AdFact managing director Ruslan Tagiyev said there were already 15 weeklies on the stagnant local market. He said BusinessWeek was among the last to enter the market and found it difficult to promote itself. The Russian team proved unable to combine the Western brand and the needs of Russian readers. Top managers at media companies with major assets, such as Independent Media Sanoma Magazines, Kommersant, RosBusinessConsulting, United Media, Seven Days and Media-3, said they had not interest in buying BusinessWeek's license.^[25]