25.12.2014 12:00:00

Moscow, Russia - December XX, 2014 - CTC Media (NASDAQ: CTCM), the leading independent media company in Russia, today announced that it was among the winners of the "Socially Responsible Employer" competition held by Moscow's publicly funded City Center for Professional and Career Development. The field of competitors comprised major Moscow companies that had implemented professional career guidance programs for high school seniors.



CTC Media Company was declared the winner in the "creative approach" category for its active participation in the continuous career guidance program for students of a number of Moscow educational organizations.

In 2014, CTC Media employees held a series of workshops within the First City Forum, called "Career Startup," which was organized by the Moscow Department of Education. CTC Media worked with the Department to prepare future employees in the media and communications industry.

Oleg Kuzmin, Deputy Director General for Strategic Communications, stated, "By creating and developing the career guidance program, CTC Media is helping to foster the growth of bright students and prepare them for a career in media and communications. Our work with younger students is one of the stages of the talent pool development program, and we will continue developing programs not only for elementary age children, but also for high school students. CTC Media will use the Media Communications Union, uniting leading companies of the industry, to continue to support lifelong education."

About CTC Media Inc.

CTC Media is the leading Russian independent media company. The group manages four television channels in Russia (CTC, Domashny, Peretz and CTC Love) as well as Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Moldova with combined audience over 150 million viewers. The international version of CTC Channel is available in North America, Europe, Central Asia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Middle East and Kyrgyzstan. The international version of Peretz is available in Belarus in Kyrgyzstan as well. CTC Media also owns several digital entertainment media assets including videomore.ru, domashniy.ru, ctc.ru and peretz.ru. CTC Media is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CTCM.

For further information, please visit www.ctcmedia.ru or contact:

CTC Media, Inc.

Investor Relations

Nikolai Ivanov

Head of Investor Relations

+7 (495) 981-07-40

Media Relations

Igor Ivanov

Press Secretary

+7 (495) 785 63 47, ext. 4352,

+ 7 (985) 763 00 85

pr@ctcmedia.ru


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