Radio News 24

Radio News 24 is a local radio station and is part of the Focus Media Group of Irfan Hysenbelliu. Radio News 24 broadcasts on the frequency 97 MhZ and covers the regions of Tirana and Durrës. It started broadcasting on January 3, 2001 under the name Radio Shqiptare - RASH, as part of the media company Edisud Radio-TV sh.p.k. With the latest musical hits and frequent informative editions, RASH created her profile in the Albanian radio market. Radio RASH changed ownership in 2011 and is now part of the Focus Media Group, which also owns TV News 24, the online news portal Balkanweb and the daily Gazeta Shqiptare. Recently, the radio changed its name from RASH to News 24. Focus Group responded to the MOM team's request for information on July 27, 2023, saying that it does not have data on Radio News 24's listenership.

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Ownership Type

Private

Geographic Coverage

Local (Tirana, Dürres)

Content Type

free content

Active Transparency

company/channel informs proactively and comprehensively about its ownership, data is constantly updated and easily verifiable

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Media Companies / Groups

Focus Group

Ownership

Ownership Structure

Radio News 24 is an Albanian radio station owned by the company “Focus Media News”. The sole shareholder of “Focus Media News” is “Focus Group” LLC.

Voting Rights

The sole shareholder has decision-making authority

Individual Owner

Media Companies / Groups
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General Information

Founding Year

2001

Affiliated Interests Founder

EDISUD LLC

an Italian media company headquartered in the southern port city of Bari, which in 2002 was represented by President Giuseppe Lobuono. On March 26, 2002 the Italian company founded in Albania Edisud Radio TV, with a capital of 25 million lek and active in radio and television. The legal representative of the company was Carlo Bollino, at the time a correspondent for the Italian news agency ANSA and executive manager of the Albanian daily newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare. On May 20, 2011, EDISUD sold its media holdings in Tirana, including his trademarks News 24, Gazeta Shqiptare, Milosao, Nderkombetare, Telegazeta, Bluetooth and Shqiptare, to Focus Media Group, which was owned by the late banker Artan Santo and the businessman Irfan Hysenbelliu.

Affiliated Interests Ceo

Ardit Cela

studied engineering and telecommunications at the University of Tirana. He has previously held the post of secretary for public affairs of the Socialist Movement for Integration and also has served as the CEO of Albania’s postal service. Cela has been a member of the Tirana city council and in the parliamentary elections of 2021 ran as an MP for the Socialist Movement for Integration. He holds the position of CEO of the Focus Media News September 2022.

Affiliated Interests other important people

Robert Rakipllari

the Director of Information and Programming at News 24. He has a long career as a journalist, editor and political analyst in Albanian media and previously worked as editor in chief of the daily “Panorama” and “Shekulli”.

Contact

Rruga Ali Demi,

ish-Kombinati i Autotraktorëve, Zyrat e Administratës, Tiranë

Email: info@news24.al

Tel: +3554359104

Financial Information

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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

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Advertising (in % of total funding)

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Market Share

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Further Information

Meta Data

The ownership structure and financial statements are publicly available on the Albanian National Business Registry. Although financial data is available for the group there is no specific data on radio News 24. Focus Group replied to the MOM information request on 27 July 2023. See sources for more.

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