Kursiv

What Kursiv does

Kursiv Media Kazakhstan (Курсив Медиа Казахстан) is a privately held digital news media company headquartered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, founded in 2004 and operating a multi-category news platform at kz.kursiv.media. Its core product is a unified content portal covering News (Новости), Economics (Экономика), Sport (Спорт), Auto (Авто), Lifestyle, and Opinions, with parallel Russian, English, and Kazakh language editions served via dedicated subdomains. The platform is built on a standard multi-language CMS architecture; no proprietary AI/ML stack, mobile apps, or public API/SDK is disclosed.

The company has expanded into a portfolio of specialized sub-brands and modules layered on the core news portal: Kursiv Research (a research and analysis division producing proprietary economic and trade studies, including work documenting Kazakhstan-Russia bilateral trade dynamics), SuperJournal (premium in-depth journalism), Business Guide (business-directory and professional content), Health (wellness coverage), and Freedom Spotlight (themed special editorial projects). A dedicated Uzbekistan edition at uz.kursiv.media extends the footprint to a second Central Asian market, and a Weekly email newsletter supports owned-audience engagement.

The business model is not publicly disclosed: advertising rates are not published, no subscription pricing is referenced, and no revenue figures are available. Monetization is implicitly advertising- and sponsored-content-driven, with secondary potential from research sales and special projects, consistent with regional digital media norms. Customer-side data describes audience segments (general Kazakhstan readership, business professionals, international English readers, Uzbekistan audience) rather than paying clients. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed parent, investors, or M&A activity, and has 51–100 employees per firmographic data.

Name

Kursiv

Legal name

Kursiv Media Kazakhstan (Курсив Медиа Казахстан)

Website

https://kursiv.kz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kursiv Media Kazakhstan is a private Almaty-based digital news publisher operating multi-language (Russian, English, Kazakh) news portals that serve general and business audiences in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with news, economics, research, and lifestyle content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

News & Public Affairs Syndication (MPABAMAF)

Keywords

• Online news publishing
• Business journalism
• Economic research reports
• Multi-language media
• Regional news coverage

Headquarters

HQ city

Almaly

HQ country

Kazakhstan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kursiv Media Kazakhstan is a digital news publisher that produces and distributes business, economic, and general-interest journalism across Russian, English, and Kazakh language editions, with a primary focus on Kazakhstan and a separate Uzbekistan edition. Its offerings include daily news coverage (news, economics, sport, auto, lifestyle, health, opinion), a dedicated Курсив Research division producing trade and economic analysis, a premium SuperJournal brand for in-depth journalism, a Business Guide section, special editorial projects such as Freedom Spotlight, and a weekly email newsletter.

Product overview

Kursiv Media Казахстан is a Kazakh multi-category media portal operating as a unified platform with specialized content modules. The core offering is the main news portal providing coverage across multiple categories including News, Economics, Sport, Auto, and Lifestyle. The platform also features specialized sub-brands and modules: Курсив Research (research and analysis division), Business Guide (business content), SuperJournal (in-depth journalism), Health section (wellness coverage), and Freedom Spotlight (special editorial projects). The company functions primarily as a media/news publication rather than a technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kursiv Research: Research and analysis division of Kursiv Media focusing on economic and trade research
• SuperJournal
• Business Guide

Products and services

• Kursiv Media Kazakhstan Core multi-language digital news portal (Russian primary, with English and Kazakh editions) covering news, economics, sport, auto, lifestyle, health, and opinion content for readers in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and international audiences.
• Курсив Research (Kursiv Research)
• SuperJournal
• Business Guide
• Kursiv Uzbekistan edition

Quantifiable outcome

• 38% share of Kazakhstan-Russia bilateral trade documented in proprietary research analysis

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurasianet: English-language news and analysis site covering Central Asia; overlaps with Kursiv's international English edition and competes for the same regional-business readership.
• Sputnik Kazakhstan: Russian state-backed international news agency operating a Kazakh edition; competes with Kursiv in Russian-language news across Kazakhstan and the broader CIS.

Direct peers

• Zakon.kz: Long-running Kazakh news and legal-information portal, competing directly with Kursiv in the Kazakh-language and Russian-language general-news space.
• Tengrinews: Kazakhstan's largest general-news digital portal, competing with Kursiv for Russian-language readership and Kazakh digital advertising inventory across news, economics, and lifestyle categories.
• Forbes Kazakhstan: Kazakh edition of Forbes covering business and economics, directly overlapping Kursiv's business-professional segment and competing for the same premium advertising and executive readership.
• Spot.uz: Uzbekistan's leading business and economics news site, directly competing with Kursiv's uz.kursiv.media edition for Uzbekistan-based business readership and advertising.
• Kapital.kz: Kazakh business and economics news portal, a direct competitor to Kursiv's economics and business coverage for professional and investor audiences.
• The Times of Central Asia: English-language regional news outlet covering Central Asia with reporting across politics and economics, comparable to Kursiv's international English edition.
• Vlast.kz: Kazakh independent news magazine with a focus on politics, economics, and analytics; competes with Kursiv's news and opinion coverage for the same domestic audience.

Emerging players

• Fergana News: Central Asia-focused news outlet providing analysis and reporting across the region in Russian; competes with Kursiv's regional coverage of Uzbekistan and broader Central Asia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NewsKursiv
• Facebookfacebook.com/KursivNewsinEnglish
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kursiv-kz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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