About Vladislav Listyev
Vladislav Nikolayevich Listyev was a Soviet, later Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel. Listyev first appeared on television as one of the hosts of a progressive and successful show Vzglyad (Glance or Outlook) in the late 1980s. He was also the first host of the Russian version of Wheel of Fortune, which became popular. The program was watched weekly by as many as 100 million people. One of Listyev's very first moves as director was to order a temporary stop to all advertising, in effect excluding all unauthorized middlemen out of the lucrative advertising business, and consolidating future ad sales in the hands of the channel.
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