Who Owned Georgia English.pdf
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In addition to the billboard business, Dmitri Chikovani hasalso become quite a kiosk impresario. In 2009, Tbilisi City Hallrewarded a newly created company built by the GLC, WideDistribution, with permission to erect newspaper kiosks in severallarge cities. 164 These also sell lottery tickets and offer their facadesas advertising space. The process was non-competitive 165 andtriggered concerns among publishers who feared a governmenttakeover of the press distribution system through the 185 boothsWide Distribution had set up in the capital. 166 70% of WideDistribution’s shares were owned by Blackstyle Management,which was registered in the British Virgin Islands. 167 Chikovaniwas its representative in <strong>Georgia</strong>. The remaining 30% was ownedby several people, including Kezerashvili’s friend 168 , NodarCharkhalashvili, whose wife, Sofi Britanchuk, is aboard memberof the GNCC 169 . This is also the same Nodar Charkhalashviliwho, Studio Monitor reports, was involved in the Obieqtivi TVcontroversy 170 . In May, 2011, Wide Distribution was renamedLCC Express.164 The <strong>Georgia</strong>n Advertising Market. p.28. Transparency International <strong>Georgia</strong>.December, 2011 http://transparency.ge/sites/default/files/post_attachments/TI%20<strong>Georgia</strong>%20-%20The%20<strong>Georgia</strong>n%20Advertising%20Market_0.<strong>pdf</strong>Accessed 05/12/2012165 Transparency International <strong>Georgia</strong> (2011): TI <strong>Georgia</strong> calls on Mayor’sOffice to act more transparently. 18 March, 2010. http://www.transparency.ge/en/post/press-release/ti-georgia-urges-mayors-office-act-more-transparentlyAccessed 11/09/2012166 <strong>Georgia</strong>: Opposition Media, Government Battle over Tbilisi’s Newsstands,11 March, 2009. Eurasianet (2009) http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav031209e.shtml Accessed 11/09/2012167 Public Registry. Ministry of Justice of <strong>Georgia</strong>, 06/05/2011 https://enreg.reestri.gov.ge/main.php?c=mortgage&m=get_output_by_id&scandoc_id=257513&app_id=294534 Accessed on 05/12/2012168 Anonymous source169 <strong>Georgia</strong>n National Communication Commission’s Website http://www.gncc.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=3400 Accessed 05/12/2012170 Journalists Union Objective Demands GNCC Members to be HeldResponsible Dec 2, 2009 http://www.media.ge/node/26919 Accessed05/12/201241
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