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IDEA MEDIA 

20.05.2012 23:10
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ITAR TASS, Russia's Oldest and Most Prestigious News Provider, Becomes Official
Information Newswire Sponsor for Landmark EuraMedia Summit in Boston Focusing
on Russia Media and Tech Industry 

MOSCOW, 2012-05-20 23:02 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EuraMedia Summit 2012,
scheduled to take place in Boston from June 13th to 16th 2012, announced that
ITAR TASS information agency will be its general Russian media partner. 

The director of the information projects' service and the editor in chief of
TASS-Telecom, Alexei Yeriomin, will represent ITAR TASS at the summit. 

Project TASS-Telecom is an agency set up in 2011 by ITAR TASS Russian News
Agency and the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian
Federation. The agency focuses on the latest in telecommunications, media and
information technologies. The project's main mission is to be a tool for the
field's professionals such as representatives of the state, business, science
and expert community. 

Tass-Telecom's (ITAR TASS) partners include (but are not limited to):

The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the
Federal Communications Agency, the Federal Service for Supervision in the
Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications, OAO
Sviaz'invest, OAO Rostelecom, RU/P Domains Coordination Centre, Sviaznoi, OAO
Skartel, FSUE Russian Post, MTS, Megafon, Infra Engineering, Kaspersky Labs,
Rambler-Afisha, Yandex, Mail.ru Group, FSUE RTRS, Uralsib, Sberbank, St.
Petersburg International Economic Forum Fund. 

'It's been for the first time that a summit of such level and with such
representation from both Russian and American sides takes place. Exchange of
opinions and visions on modern tendencies in news making and delivery appears
to be conceptually important, useful and timely for the agency with century-old
traditions'- an ITAR TASS official emphasized. 

It is also important to say that the summit's media partners include a large
number of Russian media brands, such as Rain TV, Kommersant Publishing House,
Expert Media Holding, Gazeta.ru portal, Business.fm Radio Station, INTERFAX
News Agency and others. 

Notes to Editor

  -- EuraMedia Summit will take place June 13 - June 16 2012 at The Seaport
     Hotel and World Trade Center located at 200 Seaport Blvd. in Boston, MA.
     For more information contact press@euramedia2012.com
  -- The multi faceted summit will ultimately offer attendees access to the
     great and good in Russian business. They will hear from top industry
     speakers such as Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer Inc, learn from case
     studies of existing Western success stories doing business in Russia,
     intimately network to create future long term relationships, attend
     educational seminars to aid them in future business ventures with Russia
     and explore new business leads.
  -- A VIP networking opportunity; a black tie awards ceremony and charity event
     to be co-hosted by IDEA Media and famed actress Sarah Jessica Parker will
     also happen at the Summit. The awards, to be given out by top media
     executives as well as celebrities, will focus on the entertainment and
     media industries (both traditional and digital) and will honor pioneers
     from Russia and the CIS in these fields. The event also will feature an
     auction of vintage Soviet and US movie memorabilia and will benefit The
     Life Line Charity Fund.
  -- Matthew Goldstein, co-founder and principal of IDEA Consulting Inc. is a
     graduate of Phillips Academy Andover and a J.William Fulbright Scholar on
     Popular Culture and Youth Political Mobilization in the former Soviet
     space.


         Matt Goldstein
         Matt@euramedia2012.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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