The awards ceremony for the winners of Media Manager of Russia - 2021, the 21st ceremony of these professional awards in the media business industry, was held in Moscow on July 1. Five representatives of Gazprom-Media Holding companies received awards.

Alexey Zemsky, general manager of NTV channel, received an award “for effective management, comprehensive development and strengthening of NTV channel’s leadership positions” in the “Electronic media” nomination of the “Television” category. This is the second award for the channel’s general manager. Alexey Zemsky previously received an award in the “Television: Federal channels” nomination in 2019.

GPM Radio managers also received awards. This year the professional award “For contributions to the development of the industry” went to Yulia Andryushova, director of the business communications and analytics department at GPM Radio.

The director of GPM Radio’s branch in Rostov-on-Don, Vladimir Naydenov, received an award in the “Electronic media” nomination of the “Radio” category. Vladimir earned this award for his effective management of GPM’s branch in Rostov-on-Don.

Marina Turova, director of the direct sales department at GPM Entertainment TV, won an award in the nomination “Advertising and marketing communications”. She was recognised for effective sales management on the sub-holding’s entertainment channels (TNT, Friday! TV-3, TNT4, 2x2, Subbota!).

Irina Khrapchenkova, digital director of Friday! TV channel, won an award in the “Social media” category for creating a successful synergy between the channel and TikTok, and also for creating unique cross-media cases on the television market.