Basketnews.Lt

http://basketnews.lt

Basketnews.lt is a sports news website offering basketball news in the Lithuanian language, aiming to be an indispensable part of the Lithuanian basketball world. Recently, the newsroom launched a parallel English version (www.basketnews.com) serving a global audience.

The Lithuanian site is financed with advertising and subscriptions; the newsroom is still thinking about the funding model for the English site. Both sites publish breaking news and produce podcasts and videos. However, the English version focuses on coverage and analysis of the EuroLeague and NBA events.

Source: Oasis Europe

Last updated date: November 2025

Location:
Kaunas, Lithuania
Year the organization started publishing:
2005
Languages:
English
Lithuanian
Type of coverage:
International
Countries of coverage:
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Other
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Other countries of coverage:
Russia

Content

Editorial coverage:
A single topic (such as education, environment or criminal justice)
Type of content produced by theme:
Sports
Journalism genres:
Reviews
Chronicles and non-fiction
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Opinion
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Data journalism
Crowdsourcing
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Explanatory journalism
Cross-border journalism
Collaborative journalism
Curated/aggregated content
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Social media platforms
Podcast
Mobile app
YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Tiktok
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
96,000
Twitter number of followers:
23,800
Instagram number of followers:
19,000
YouTube number of followers:
31,600
Tiktok number of followers:
5,446

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
3
Founders:
Vidmantas Čičelis, Justas Vilys, Rokas Buračas
Directors:
Jonas Miklovas, Tomas Vanagas, Karolis Tiškevičius

Team

Full-time employees:
16
Part-time employees:
0
Freelancers or consultants:
20
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Advertising
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Other
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
National advertising sold by own team
YouTube channel income
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Website subscriptions
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Programmatic ad networks
The second most important revenue source reported:
National advertising sold by own team
Others revenue sources:
Merchandising

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Doesn’t have an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Publishes a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team

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