The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook paid over $20 million to the New York Times and $15 million to the Washington Post in annual fees. Even more valuable than the big checks was Facebook s ability to push media content to its users. Last year,
Deputy CEO of VK Vladimir Gabrielyan, 39, and the company s purchasing director Sergey Merzlyakov, 44, died after a failed attempt to cross a river in a remote region of northern Russia in an ATV
It's a different kind of "migration" indeed, from Instagram to VKontakte, after U.S. social media were banned in Russia. It's yet another kind of difficulty for Russians trying to continue with daily life.