Last week, Mail.ru Group, the LSE-listed Russian Internet giant, announced it now fully controls Vkontakte (VK.com), the leading Russian language social network with over 250 million registered ...

A deal with UMG will allow VKontakte to fully switch to licensed music, replacing user-uploaded tracks and shedding the social network's reputation as the main source of illegitimate digital music… By ...

PhotoXPress A youth project with lots of free content, launched in 2006, VKontakte soon conquered the Russian-speaking social network market. Despite the management change and a wave of scandals, ...

Europe’s biggest social network faces new challenges with the departure of its CEO Pavel Durov, leaving many asking the equivalent of 'what would Facebook be without Zuckerberg.' Late on Friday, Jan.

Sony, Universal and Warner want court to force site to scan for copyrighted songs and pay damages Three major labels are suing Russian social network vKontakte, claiming that the company has ...