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MOM Armenia reports that Haykakan Zhamanak is owned by Dareskizb LLC, held 70% by Kima Mkrtchyan, 20% by Hayk Gevorgyan and 10% by Petros Makeyan.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
Haykakan Zhamanak is owned by Dareskizb LLC, which has three shareholders. Kima Mkrtchyan holds 70%, Hayk Gevorgyan holds 20%, and Petros Makeyan holds 10%. Dareskizb LLC's beneficial-ownership declaration approved on 11 February 2026 lists Kima Mkrtchyan with 70% and Hayk Gevorgyan with 20% (the declaration form covers holders of 20% or more).
State Register (Ministry of Justice) · 2026-02-11 · Open the source
ՄկրտչյանMkrtchyan
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MOM Armenia reports that the outlet's published annual financial report shows advertising as its sole source of revenue.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
The outlet publishes its annual financial report on its website, which shows that advertising is its sole source of revenue. MOM Armenia reports that majority owner Kima Mkrtchyan is the mother of Anna Hakobyan, the Prime Minister's wife, who is the outlet's editor-in-chief.
Media Ownership Monitor Armenia · 2025 · Open the source
Currently, 70% of Dareskizb LLC is held by Kima Mkrtchyan, mother of Anna Hakobyan, who is the wife of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and serves as editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak. ODIHR found that the Armtimes website devoted 32 per cent of mostly positive coverage to Civil Contract while covering the main opposition contestants largely negatively.
OSCE/ODIHR · 2026-06-08 · p. 18 · Open the source
FreeNews television and the Armtimes website devoted 19 and 32 per cent, respectively, of mostly positive coverage to Civil Contract Party, while covering the main opposition contestants largely negatively. 15 articles analysed: 2 with loaded wording, 13 neutral.
What happenedInterior minister says police did not respond late to Shaki incident
Positive framingFavours the government States without attribution that the officer "did not arrive late" and "responded quickly"; the summary presents this as the Interior Minister's statement, and Civic.am's matching headline names the minister.
OriginalWhat happenedMoD: Soldier injured due to breach of weapon-handling rules
EmphasisFavours the government The headline states the Defence Ministry's preliminary explanation (a breach of weapon-handling rules) as fact, without attribution or the word 'preliminary', which appear only in the opening; Past and Public TV attribute it in their headlines.
OriginalWhat happenedPashinyan responds to ARF candidate's accusations in Artashat
Neutral The opening says plainly that the Prime Minister wrote a Facebook post responding to the ARF candidate's accusations, before quoting it.
OriginalEvery quote is checked: it appears word for word in its source. The highlighted words in the examples are taken unchanged from that outlet's own article.
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