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Type:                              media company

Country:                         Armenia

Year of foundation:        2019

Company headquarters in Yerevan

Founder(s):       Arman Saghatelyan, Karen Bekaryan and Samvel Farmanyan.

Qaryak Media (Armenian: «Քառյակ Մեդիա» - Quartet Media) is a media company operating in the Republic of Armenia. The company's chief executive is Aram Antinyan.

According to Styopa Safaryan, a Yerevan--based political analyst, the company is represented by people "who have positioned themselves as an intolerant opposition to the incumbent authorities" in an effort to wage an information warfare and conduct propaganda.

History
The company was founded by Arman Saghatelyan, Karen Bekaryan, Mihran Hakobyan and Samvel Farmanyan, all former members of the Republican Party of Armenia (a governing political force until the 2018 power transition processes dubbed Velvet Revolution). The company's co-founders acquired TERT AM, LLC, Armnews CJSC, Radio 107 FM, LLC. operating respectively under the brands Tert.am, Armnews and Lav Radio FM 108.9. The four media outlets thus united under the joint brand ert.am is led by Aram Antinyan who acts in the capacity of a chief executive officer. On February 25, 2019 the company's co-founders an met with Jonathan Lacôte, the French ambassador to the Republic of Armenia.

Media outlets

 * 2018 Armenian Revolution
 * Propaganda of the Russan Federation


 * RT


 * Republican Party of Armenia


 * Serzh Sargsyan

Mikael Minasyan