{"id":5582,"date":"2016-01-19T14:25:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/top-5-most-read-stories-of-2015-according-to-7-armenian-news-sites\/"},"modified":"2020-07-21T20:45:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:45:32","slug":"top-5-most-read-stories-of-2015-according-to-7-armenian-news-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2016\/01\/19\/5582\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Most Read Stories of 2015, According to 7 Armenian News Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

What did visitors to Armenian news websites read in 2015?<\/span><\/p>\n

To what extent did the year\u2019s main news events interest readers?<\/span><\/p>\n

We present the top 5 most read\/watched stories of Hetq, News.am, Tert.am, 1in.am, Mediamax, Civilnet, and Azatutyun (RFE\/RL\u2019s Armenian service), as provided to us by our colleagues. [Note, in all cases, the top 5 are in Armenian; where possible, the links to the English translations are provided.]<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n Hetq<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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  1. Yerevan Police Use Force to Disperse Electricity Rate Hike Sit-In Protest<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Secret Account? Head of Armenian Church Shows Up in Leaked HSBC Files<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. All In the Family: Armenian Prime Minister\u2019s Booming Business Empire-3<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Musical Odyssey: Two Brothers from Armenia Reunite in Paris 14 Years Later<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Tsarukyan Throws Down Gauntlet to Sargsyan: Calls for Complete Regime Change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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     <\/p>\n

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    News.am<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    1. Photos of Avetisyan Family Who Was Murdered in Gyumri<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Famous Actor Karen Janibekyan Passed Away<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Kim Kardashian wears Armenian national costume (PHOTOS)<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. 6-month-old Seryozha Avetisyan dies (PHOTO)<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Russia President addresses Armenians<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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       <\/p>\n

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      Tert.am<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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      1. Avetisyans Buried in Gyumri<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Gyumri: Police Release Footage From House of the Deceased<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Famous Russian TV Host Andrey Malakhov Visited Little Seryozha<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. Protest against increase in electricity tariffs in Yerevan\u2019s Liberty Square (updated)<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. Electric Yerevan: Peaceful protest continues in Baghramyan Avenue (livestream, updated)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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         <\/p>\n

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        1in.am<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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        1. Baghramyan Protests Against Rising Electricity Prices<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
        2. Kanye West\u2019s Live Performance in Downtown Yerevan Swan Lake<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
        3. Kim Kardashian Arrives in Armenia<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n
        4. Sit-in on Baghramyan Avenue and Brutal Police Violence Against Protestors (Full Video)<\/a> [AM, video]<\/span><\/li>\n
        5. Doctor Refuses to Provide First Aid to Female Demonstrator Subjected to Brutal Violence<\/a> [AM, video]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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           <\/p>\n

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          Mediamax<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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          1. Ruben Vardanyan: \u201cWe should surprise and break the biases\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. A Bit Cold, But Proud: Girls Who Accompanied [Visiting] Presidents<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
          3. #ElectricYerevan: Vaghinak and Maksim<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
          4. 100 years later in New York: #BeArmenian, #BeAlive<\/a><\/li>\n
          5. Lidia Leonova: \u201cEgg as ransom, and swamp as path to freedom\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            Civilnet<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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            1. Civilnet\u2019s <\/span>live stream page<\/a><\/li>\n
            2. Police Chief\u2019s One Week: \u201cSober Up, Crazy Kids\u201d<\/a> [AM, video]<\/span><\/li>\n
            3. The series \u201c<\/span>From Your Pocket<\/a>\u201d [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
            4. Surik Khachatryan: \u201cThe Chronicle of Robes\u201d<\/a> [AM, video]<\/span><\/li>\n
            5. Kim Kardashian, Khloe and Kanye West Visit Genocide Memorial<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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               <\/p>\n

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              Azatutyun (RFE\/RL’s Armenian service)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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              1. Azatutyun TV<\/a> (especially during #ElectricYerevan)<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Founding Parliament Car Procession Participants Beaten Near Berdzor<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
              3. Gagik Tsarukyan Calls for Achieving Serzh Sargsyan\u2019s Resignation<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
              4. Jirayr Sefilian and Argishti Kiviryan Respond to Police Chief\u2019s Accusations<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n
              5. Serzh Sargsyan and Gagik Tsarukyan Met<\/a> [AM]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                \nMedia.am selected the news outlets by considering their impact, audience, and content. We thank our colleagues for providing their lists of most read stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

                You can see the top 5 most read news stories of 2014 here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Tell us your site\u2019s top 5 most read stories in the comments section below.<\/span><\/p>\n

                Anna Barseghyan<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                What did visitors to Armenian news websites read in 2015? To what extent did the year\u2019s main news events interest readers? We present the top 5 most read\/watched stories of Hetq, News.am, Tert.am, 1in.am, Mediamax, Civilnet, and Azatutyun (RFE\/RL\u2019s Armenian service), as provided to us by our colleagues. [Note, in all cases, the top 5 Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","author_posts-anna-barseghyan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23261,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions\/23261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}