United Group

Pedro Vargas David owner of the ALPAC group

Mediji

29.May 2026. KS

Who is the customer of television N1 and Nova?

The purchase of the media operating within the United Group has been officially confirmed. Who is the man behind that purchase?

United group: Fate of N1, Nova S and others

22.April 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

Employed and unassigned

These days, the fate of N1 and other media of the "United Group" is changing. If they are assimilated, journalists will have nowhere to go, and the audience will be left without the only two major critical television channels. Now, Brent Sadler, the director-editor of these media, for "Vreme" publicly presents some answers for the first time

Mediji

22.April 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

Brent Sadler for Vreme: We don't work according to the instructions of the authorities, I just want professionalism

British journalist Brent Sadler is editor and director in charge of N1, Nova S, Danas and Radar. And there the situation is tense. Now Sadler speaks publicly about tricky topics for Vreme

Mediji

09.April 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

Emulation of N1 and others: Slow and almost silent

"Vremena" sources have no doubt that the matter with the media of the United Group is being pushed according to the regime's plans - they should be silenced until the election

Comment

05.April 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

The strangulation of N1 and others: Everything is going according to plan

The signing of Brent Sadler as United Group's media director is the penultimate step in a creeping stranglehold on critical media. The government won't save it, but at least the audience got an important lesson

Mediji

27.February 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

United Group: We don't sell, we don't fire, we cultivate independence

While the journalists of N1, Nova S and other media are on "silent fire" due to changes in the company, United Group claims - there is no reason to fear. They say they are not in business with the Serbian authorities

Mediji

19.February 2026. N. Rujević

The "implantation" has begun: N1, Nova and Danas have new bosses

The United Group places the media from Serbia and the region under another management umbrella. According to "Vremena" sources, it is probably a prelude to editorial changes

If we are really "losers", here is an opportunity for the United group to get us off the hump, Slobodan Georgiev, news director at TV Nova, tells us. It is about the offer of the media to take over themselves and continue to work professionally.

United Media

13.November 2025 Bojan Bednar

Slobodan Georgiev: Here is the solution for United Group media

If we are really "losers", here is an opportunity for the United group to get us off the hump, Slobodan Georgiev, news director at TV Nova, tells us. It is about the offer of the media to take over themselves and continue to work professionally

Mediji

31.October 2025 MLJ

The media of the United Group are asking the owner - to sell them

N1, Nova, Radar and Danas are asking the United Group, their owner, to buy these media from their owners according to market principles, with the financial support of credible external investors

13.October 2025 RV

Sholak: The police in the United Group are part of an illegal operation

Dragan Šolak assessed the entry of two police inspectors into the headquarters of the United Group as proof of the deep political and interest connection between the company BC Partners and the United Group with Aleksandar Vučić.

United media production has three new directors - Vladica Tintor, Gibber Shrojen and Tim Pennington.

Media turbulence

29.August 2025 KS

Who's who and what's what in the United group

United Group is going through a real storm - from the sale of key companies and multi-million dollar transactions, through dramatic changes at the top, all the way to alleged pressures from the political leadership of Serbia. Who's who in this company

Telekom Serbia

28.August 2025 B. B.

The Telekom director will sue the media for publishing his conversation

The director of Telekom Srbija Vladimir Lučić stated that an insight into the audio recording of his conversation with United Group CEO Sten Miller was requested before the publication of that recording in order to determine its authenticity.

From the new issue

27.August 2025 NR

Igor Božić for "Vreme": N1 stays like this or it won't exist

There should be no doubt that Vučić ever gave up the plan to destroy N1, writes the first man of that television Igor Božić in the text for the new issue of Vremena.

Mediji

22.August 2025 B. B.

N1: United Media has no new owner, we are working as before

The majority owner did change the management and replaced Dragan Šolak. The arrival of a new director at the head of United Group Serbia has no impact on the work of the media. N1 did not get a new director

"Vreme" finds out

21.August 2025 Nemanja Rujević/Marija L. Janković

Two scenarios for N1: Extinction or silent suffocation

Vučić is in a hurry. Although he announced the end of N1 and Nova S by November, the plan to use state money to buy control over these media has been accelerated, "Vreme" has learned.

Bishop Tintor: Who is the new director of N1 in Serbia?

Personnel changes in the United group

20.August 2025 TS

The United Group in Serbia got a new director: The unannounced arrival of Vladica Tintor

The new director of United Group in Serbia is Vladica Tintor, former director of RATEL. He came to the premises of United Group unannounced, and since the security guards did not know anything about him, they did not let him into the building, after which he called the police. Regime media soon appeared on the scene

United Group

25.June 2025 B. B.

Sholak: I doubt that the new management will lead United Group in the interest of all shareholders

"The behavior of BC Partners shows a complete lack of respect for the achievements and rights of the management team that owns more than 42 percent of the business," believes United Group founder Dragan Šolak.

The business

17.June 2025 IN THE

Change at the top of United Group: Dragan Šolak is no longer the chairman of the Advisory Board

The founder of United Group, Dragan Šolak, is no longer the chairman of the Advisory Board. The previous CEO, Viktorija Bocklag, also retired. In addition to changes at the top, UG is also changing its business strategy - it will focus on markets within the European Union. She has already sold most of her business in Serbia

The future of media in Serbia

19.February 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

No changes – until further notice

The sale of parts of the United Group from the state-owned Telekom creates an almost monopoly in the field of media content. When you add to that the attacks on small and independent media, the landscape in which Serbian citizens are informed takes on an even darker shade of black.

Telecommunications and media

01.march 2024 AI

"Vreme" learns: The majority owner is selling a stake in United Group

As "Vreme" learns, the BC Partners investment fund has initiated the process of selling a majority stake in United Group. When "Vremena" asked the executive director of the group, we received neither confirmation nor denial