NTV HOSTESS MITKOVA SPEAKS DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE AT NTV CHANNEL IN MOSCOW, 2001-04-26 (photo)

Tatyana Mitkova, the former anchor woman of the NTV channel, answers journalists' questions during a news conference in Moscow, April 26, 2001. Mitkova has been chosen by the new management to be editor-in-chief of the channel, which has been taken over the state-dominated gas giant Gazprom, a Russian newspaper reported. Russian deputies backed on Thursday moves to prevent foreign media magnates like CNN founder Ted Turner from controlling national networks and print media, by approving a bill that would restrict foreigners to a 50 percent shareholding. AS