Mariia Leonova is a CEO at the Tellers Agency. She is also a media manager and consultant at Jnomics. She mainly works with media outlets in Eastern Europe, helping them with organizational development. In 2022, she launched a joint sales house for independent outlets, growing it to The Tellers Agency, which helps media to be financially sustainable.
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Over the past year of Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine, our team at The Tellers Agency has considered closing up shop twice and seeking opportunities elsewhere due to the state of the advertising market.
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