NTV will head the Deputy General Director of VGTRK

On October 21, the NTV Board of Directors will consider the issue of the resignation of Vladimir Kulistikov from the General Director and the appointment of the deputy general director of the VGTRK Alexei Zemsky to this position.

The Vedomosti reports with reference to the representative of the Gazprom-Media holding, which owns the NTV channel.

In July, it became known that Kulistikov would not extend his contract with Gazprom-Media, the validity of which expires on January 1, 2016. It was reported that the manager made this decision for health reasons.

Vladimir Kulistikov worked for NTV in 1996–2000, was the deputy chief editor and the editor-in-chief of the information service, then headed the Vesti news agency and returned to the channel after he transferred to Gazprom-Media.

In 2001-2002, Kulistikov was the editor -in -chief of NTV, a member of the Channel Board of Directors, in 2002 he moved to the VGTRK, where he oversaw the information policy. In 2004, he returned to NTV again and took the position of general director of the television company.

A graduate of GITIS, Alexei Zemsky has been working on television since the 1990s. In 2003-2004, he was deputy general director of NTV and oversaw almost all non -information projects of the channel, Kommersant notes.

For the past few years, Zemsky served as deputy general director of the VGTRK and led the production and technological department. In particular, he oversaw the work on import substitution in the field of television production.