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Trader Media East
is the largest
classified advertising
company in
Central and Eastern Europe
. It was established in the fourth quarter of 2005 and comprises the Russian, Baltic, CIS and
Eastern European
operations of
Trader Classified Media
.
Trader Media East became listed on the
London Stock Exchange
on 13 February 2006. 67.3% of the company were bought by
Hurriyet
, a
Turkish
newspaper part of the
Dogan Yayin Holding
, at a cost of $500m.
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In the event, TME relocated its head office from Paris to Istanbul.
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Currently, HURR?YET Invest B.V. (“HIBV”) owns a 97.29% share of Trader Media East Limited.
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The Company employs 5000 people and mainly focuses on the
automotive
,
real estate
and
jobs
sectors.
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In 2008, the firm produced more than 150
publications
, with 5 million readers per week and hosted 22
websites
, with 20 million unique monthly visitors. TME announced the appointment of its CEO
Ahmet Ozer
and relocation of HQ to
Moscow
in June 2010.
Acquisitions
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- In December 2006, Trader acquired posao.hr - job / recruitment site in
Croatia
.
- In January 2007, Trader acquired Impress Media - one of the leaders in commercial
real estate
advertising
in the
Russia
.
- In June 2007, Trader acquired Moje Delo - leading job site in
Slovenia
.
- In June 2008, Trader acquired InfoNekretnine And Crem Magazine -
real estate
publisher in
Croatia
.
- In 2008 Trader Media East sold its subsidiary Trader com Polska to Polish media company
Agora
for 55 mn USD.
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