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• 1. What is the Legal Entity Name?

  Brights Cimmunications SRL
• ADDRESS LINE 1

  Stradela Teatrală 2/2
• POST CODE

  MD-2012
• CITY

  Chisinau
• STATE / PROVINCE / REGION

  Chisinau
• COUNTRY

  Moldova
• 3. What is the general telephone number for the Legal Entity?

  +373 673 88 777
• 4. What is the email address for the Legal Entity?

  [email protected]
• 5. Is the Legal Entity required to have a Tax ID, a Registration ID, a DUNS number and/or other identifiers?

  Yes
• 5.a. What are these IDs for the Legal Entity?

  DUNS 535241396
• 6. Are there any other governmental or other identifiers that a certification body could use to verify the identity of the Legal Entity?

  Yes
• 6.a. What are those identifiers?

  1013600040861
• 7. What Brand Name(s), titles, publication names, etc. do you use to publish Content?

  • Realitatea Moldova – news portal in Romanian
  • Bani – economic news portal in Romanian
  • Rupor – news portal in Russian
  • Moldova Live – news portal about Moldova, in English
  • RLIVE TV – the platform for live broadcasts
  
• 8. Does the Media Outlet publish on any URLs?

  Yes
• 8.a. On what URLs do you publish?

  • • Realitatea.md
  • • Bani.md
  • • Rupor.md
  • • Moldovalive.md
  • • Rlive.md
• 9. Does the Media Outlet publish any content on any social media?

  Yes
• 9.a. What are the social media URLs, handles, addresses or names that you use to publish?

  • • https://www.facebook.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://www.instagram.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://twitter.com/RealitateaMD
  • • https://ok.ru/realitatea
  • • https://t.me/realitateamd
  • • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzy387DwhFqle2NSaonUdw
  • • https://www.tiktok.com/@rlive.md
• 10. Does the Media Outlet publish any content by broadcasting and/or streaming?

  Yes
• 10.a. What are the terrestrial frequencies, channels, satellite identifiers, other platforms or applications that you use to publish?

  DVB-T2
  https://realitatea.md/RLIVE-TV/
• 11. Do the Media Outlet's Editorial Guidelines state that the safety of all journalists shall be treated as a primary concern?

  Yes
• 12. Are there any reasons that the Media Outlet has for withholding information on any of the questions as part of this JTI Standard process?

  No
• 13. Is the physical address of the Legal Entity different from the postal address according to question no. 2?

  No
• 14. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?

  No
• 15. What is the founding date of the Legal Entity?

  2013-12-01
• 16. Is the founding date of the Media Outlet (as in clause 1.3. question no. 7) different from that of the Legal Entity (as in clause 1.1. question no. 1)?

  No

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• 17. Does your Media Outlet have an editorial mission statement, or stated set of principles or editorial values?

  Yes
• 17.a. Provide that statement here

  - The Republic of Moldova - a state governed by the rule of law, a free, democratic country, which is developing and aims to become a member of the European Union.
  - The people of the Republic of Moldova - multinational, respecting the Constitution, sovereignty and independence, enjoying the cultural richness of all nationalities, tolerant and willing to work, develop, modernize, be part of European civilization.
  - Media in the Republic of Moldova - free and independent, operating and developing an indigenous media environment, without retransmissions, on the principles of competition of creation and innovation in the field
• 18. Is that statement posted online?

  Yes
• 18.a. What is the URL where it is published?

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/

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• 19. Is the Media Outlet a Public Service Media?

  No

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• 20. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity privately owned?

  Yes
• 20.a. What is the form and status of the Media Outlet or Legal Entity according to the legal definition in the country of registration?

  Limited Liability Company (LLC)
• 21. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity owned by the state, a unit of the government or any other public entity?

  No
• 22. Is the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity publicly traded?

  No
• 23. Is the ownership of the Media Outlet or the Legal Entity different from the three previous clauses in this section? For example, is it a co-operative or member-owned?

  No

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• 24. What are the names of all direct, indirect or beneficial owners?

  Dumitru Țira – General Director
• 25. Are the names of the owners in the previous question available online?

  Yes
• 25.a. What is the URL that contains the names of the owners, or, if not available online, please indicate where that information can be obtained?

  https://realitatea.md/precizare-a-grupului-de-presa-realitatea
• 26. What are the names of the members of supervisory boards?

  Dumitru Tira
  Sergiu Scobioala
  Cristina Mosneaga-Barbaruc
  Otilia Cotruta
  
• 27. Are the names of the members of the supervisory board members in the previous question available online?

  Yes
• 27.a. What is the URL of the page that contains the names of the people in the previous question?

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/
• 28. Are the listed owners also founders or owners of other companies?

  Yes
• 28.a. State here the names and main activities of those companies.

  • MDT Business SRL – TKTKTK
  • Bright Communications SRL – Telecommunications service provider in Bucharest, Romania
• 28.b. What are the business sectors for the companies listed in the previous question?

  Telecommunications
• 29. Are any of the owners active members of a political party or movement or candidates in a political election or current office holders?

  No
• 30. What is the contact information for all direct and indirect owners?

  Dumitru Țira – [email protected]
• 31. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?

  Yes
• 31.a. What is the URL with the contact information from the previous question?

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/
• 32. What is the contact information for the members of the board of directors?

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/
• 33. Is the contact information in the previous question available online?

  Yes
• 33.a. What is the URL with the contact information from the previous question?

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/
• 34. What are the names of the direct, majority or controlling shareholders? (If shareholders are companies, list the main activity and business sector of that company along with the name.)

  MDT Business SRL - 100%
• 35. List the shareholders and the percentage of the holdings.

  Dumitru Tira - 100%
• 36. Is the Media Outlet member-owned?

  No

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• 37. What are the names, positions, and contact details of all members of management for the Media Outlet?

  • Otilia Cotruța, Executive Director
  • Cristina Moșneaga-Barbaruc, Administrator
  • Tatiana Rusnac, Chief Editor
  • Sergiu Scobioala, General Producer
• 38. What is the physical address, phone number and email address of the headquarters of the Media Outlet?

  Stradela Teatralǎ 2/2, Chișinău, Republica of Moldova, MD-2012
• 39. Does the Media Outlet have other main branches and offices?

  No
• 40. Do you have a safety-related reason for not providing it?

  No

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• 41. Does the Media Outlet have social media accounts for the public to use to make queries or respond to Content?

  Yes
• 41.a. What are the URLs or other identification of all social media accounts used by members of the public to contact the Media Outlet?

  • • https://www.facebook.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://www.instagram.com/realitatea.md
  • • https://twitter.com/RealitateaMD
  • • https://ok.ru/realitatea
  • • https://t.me/realitateamd
  • • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzy387DwhFqle2NSaonUdw
  • • https://www.tiktok.com/@rlive.md
• 42. Does the Media Outlet have a person responsible for dealing with communication from the public regarding the Content?

  Yes
• 43. Is the method for contacting that person or others at the Media Outlet clearly visible to the public?

  Yes
• 44. In what ways does the staff of the Media Outlet responsible for the Content communicate back to the public results of queries, concerns, etc.?

  Usually most communication is by email
• 45. Does the Media Outlet have a department or a single person who is responsible for customer service?

  Yes
• 45.a. What are the contact details, including telephone numbers, email addresses, correspondence addresses, for customer service or the equivalent within the Media Outlet?

  Email: [email protected]
  Tel: +373 673 88 777

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• 46. What are the categories of sources of revenue for the Media Outlet, ranked from largest to smallest? These may include subscriptions, advertising, major donors, donations, subsidies, fees, sales, memberships, sponsorships, events, etc.

  Sales - 70 % Advertising - 10% Grants - 20%
• 47. Is the Media Outlet required to make financial disclosures?

  No
• 48. What is the revenue of the Media Outlet?

  20 000$ per year
• 49. What is the ratio of the categories of revenue sources (as in question no. 46)?

  Sales - 70 %
  Advertising - 10%
  Grants - 20%
• 50. Is there any reason for safety and security that you have given incomplete data in this section?

  No
• 51. Does your Media Outlet process any personal information from online visitors on its own or with third parties?

  Yes
• 51.a. What information is processed?

  Cookies, unique identifiers and other device data
• 51.b. What is the purpose for gathering that information?

  • Advertising and personalized content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and service development.
  • Storing and/or accessing information on a device.
• 51.c. By what methods is the information processed?

  traditional by journalists

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• 52. Does your Media Outlet have a set of guidelines, or adhere to an external set of guidelines, for journalistic content, distribution and conduct to which its journalistic operations comply?

  Yes
• 52.a. Are they made available to the public in a readily accessible form?

  Yes
• 53. Is there a person or a group of persons responsible for these guidelines clearly identified?

  Yes
• 53.a. Is that identification visible on the page with the guidelines?

  Yes
• 54. Do the guidelines referred to in the section on Editorial Guidelines set clear expectations for the behaviour for all the contributors, including editorial staff (journalists, editors) and all other contributors?

  Yes
• 55. Do the guidelines referred to in the section on Editorial Guidelines make clear the structure of editorial responsibility for each stage of the publication process within the organisation?

  Yes
• 56. Do your Editorial Guidelines include requirements for Accuracy (as prescribed in the Preamble) in your output?

  Yes
• What is the URL?

  chrome-extension://mhnlakgilnojmhinhkckjpncpbhabphi/pages/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=https%3A%2F%2Frealitatea.md%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2FPolitica-editoriala%25CC%2586-s%25CC%25A6i-de-transparent%25CC%25A6a%25CC%2586.pdf
• 57. Do they include requirements for Independence (as prescribed in the Preamble) of editorial decision making?

  Yes
• 58. Do they include requirements of Fairness (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of journalism?

  Yes
• What is the URL?

  chrome-extension://mhnlakgilnojmhinhkckjpncpbhabphi/pages/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=https%3A%2F%2Frealitatea.md%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2FPolitica-editoriala%25CC%2586-s%25CC%25A6i-de-transparent%25CC%25A6a%25CC%2586.pdf
• 59. Do they include requirements for Accountability (as prescribed in the Preamble) in the practice of its journalism?

  Yes
• What is the URL?

  chrome-extension://mhnlakgilnojmhinhkckjpncpbhabphi/pages/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=https%3A%2F%2Frealitatea.md%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2FPolitica-editoriala%25CC%2586-s%25CC%25A6i-de-transparent%25CC%25A6a%25CC%2586.pdf
• 60. Do your Editorial Guidelines include protections against real, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest?

  Yes
• 61. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to business?

  Yes
• 62. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to political interests?

  Yes
• 63. Do the guidelines include guidance on how to deal with conflicts related to personal interests?

  Yes
• 64. Does the Media Outlet’s structure protect the editorial processes from any undue influence from within or without?

  Yes

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• 65. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure the accuracy of your content?

  Yes
• 66. Do you have internal rules and a systematic editorial process to ensure that the Editorial Guidelines are adhered to?

  Yes
• 68. Do you have a mechanism for periodic review of the effectiveness of the implementation of your Editorial Guidelines in your editorial processes?

  N/A
• 69. Is your accountability mechanism (internal or external) subject to periodic review?

  N/A
• 70. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that statistics should be sourced and verified?

  N/A
• 71. Do your Editorial Guidelines require that external photographs/video/audio content should be sourced and verified?

  N/A
• 72. Are the Individual Journalists (including external sources) identified, for example through a byline, or recorded in publishing mechanism so that this information can be accessed?

  Yes
• 77. Do you publish any content that is automatically generated?

  No
• 78. Do you use any algorithms for the dissemination or curation of content?

  No
• 79. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of violent and explicit content?

  Yes
• 80. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate treatment of content which features children or other vulnerable people?

  Yes
• 81. Do your Editorial Guidelines ensure the ethically appropriate handling of live content?

  Yes

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• 82. Does your Media Outlet publish any content that comes not from staff or freelancers but from external sources such as readers/viewers?

  No

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• 89. Are there guidelines on the procedures to be followed for granting anonymity to sources?

  Yes

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• 94. Do your Editorial Guidelines have specific policies for distinguishing commercial or sponsored content?

  Yes
• 95. Do you publish any sponsored content?

  Yes
• 95.a. Do your Editorial Guidelines require all sponsored content to be clearly labelled or otherwise made clear?

  Yes
• 95.b. Do your Editorial Guidelines require sponsored content to be labelled and made clearly distinguishable from your own content?

  Yes
• 96. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and opinion content?

  Yes
• 97. Do your Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and commercial content?

  Yes
• 98. Do you in editorial practice or in Editorial Guidelines require a clear distinction to be made between news content and content supplied by an external non-journalistic body?

  Yes

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• 99. Do you have a clear process to allow potential errors to be communicated to the Media Outlet by the public?

  Yes
• 100. Do you have a clear process to allow potential errors to be communicated to the Media Outlet by those with direct involvement in the story?

  Yes
• 100.a. Do you have a clear process for assessing and dealing with the claims?

  Yes
• 101. Is there a systematic editorial structure in the Media Outlet to ensure that any inaccuracies in its content are corrected in a timely and transparent manner?

  Yes
• 102. Does your Media Outlet guarantee the publication of the correction of all significant inaccuracies and errors in a similar place and manner as the original version, such as the same URL or in similar time and format of broadcast?

  Yes
• 103. Does your organisation have a designated contact in the event of complaints about potential breaches of its journalism principles or Editorial Guidelines?

  Yes
• 104. Does your organisation have a designated process for the public to open a dialogue with you regarding potential breaches of its journalism principles or Editorial Guidelines? (These may follow the Uniform Correction or Clarification act adopted by most U.S. States.)

  Yes
• 104.a. Is that information clearly available?

  Yes
• 104.a.i. What is the URL of where this information is available? If it is not on a single page, describe where people can find it.

  https://realitatea.md/contacte/
• 105. Are your staff (Employees and Freelance) aware of the process that must be followed in the event of such complaints?

  Yes
• 106. Are they aware that all such complaints must be brought to the attention of a senior member of staff (of organisations large enough to have a staff) not directly connected with the creation of the story?

  Yes
• 107. Is your Media Outlet committed to the resolution of any such complaints in a fair, reasonable and timely manner?

  Yes
• 108. Does the Media Outlet have an Ombudsperson?

  No

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• 109. Have you committed to a system or systems of external accountability for your editorial content?

  No
• 110. Is your Media Outlet committed to comply with any directions or guidance issued by the external accountability body to which you subscribe?

  N/A
• 111. Is your Media Outlet subject to an external regulatory mechanism for content that you find it not possible to comply with?

  No
• 112. Are the mechanisms for the public to complain about breaches of your Editorial Guidelines to an external body publicly available?

  N/A

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• 114. Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?

  Yes
• 114.a. Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?

  Yes
• 114.b. Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?

  Yes
• 114.c. Are they publicly available?

  Yes

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• 128. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers to this self-assessment based on the JTI Standard?

  Yes
• 128.a. Is it available to readers?

  Yes
• 129. Does your Media Outlet publish your answers in a machine-readable format?

  Yes
• 129.a. What is the URL?

  https://www.jti-app.com/report/P8lEvzLw8vRXNk4x