Kazinform is Kazakhstan’s flagship news agency, headquartered in Astana. It mostly focuses on national and regional (Eurasia) news.
Media assets
News agency: Kazinform
News portal: Bnews.kz
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
Kazinform is owned by and subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Information.
Source of funding and budget
According to local consulted by the Media and Journalism Research Center, Kazinform gets most of its funding from the government. In 2017, the agency received over KZT 715m (uS$ 1.6m) from the government.
Editorial independence
Kazinform strictly follows in its editorial coverage directions imposed by the Kazakh government.
There is no domestic statute and no independent assessment or oversight mechanism in place at Kazinform to validate the editorial independence of these outlets.
September 2023