KAZMEDIA HOLDING is an exclusive licensee of the Turning Points magazine from the New York Times Licensing and National Geographic magazine in Kazakhstan. Under its distribution agreement with Harvard Business School Publishing KAZMEDIA HOLDING holds an exclusive right to represent Harvard ManageMentor and Harvard Business Publishing Collection products in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Since 2016, the team has been publishing the National Geographic magazine in Kazakh language, making global popular science available to Kazakh-speaking readers across the country.
In 2024, the publishing strand was spun off into a new business entity — Mentor Baspasy publishing house, co-founded with Igor Mann, a renowned marketer and co-founder of MIF Publishing. The publishing house brings to life inspiring books that spark self-development and foster entrepreneurial thinking.
In 2025, KAZMEDIA HOLDING signed an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School, to promote the Harvard ManageMentor online corporate courses and the Harvard Business Publishing Collection platform in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
In 2025 KAZMEDIA HOLDING signed an agreement with The New York Times Licensing to publish the Turning Points, a licensed magazine on global trends and ideas, in Kazakhstan for the first time, in both Kazakh and Russian languages. Turning Points features essays from globally recognized writers who share their unique perspectives on the ideas, forces, and breakthroughs shaping our world today. The publication will be accompanied by a high-profile event inspired by Turning Points, convening leading voices from Kazakhstan and beyond for a meaningful dialogue.
Exclusive agreement with National Geographic to publish the Kazakh-language edition
Launch of a publishing house MENTOR Baspasy
An agreement with The New York Times Licensing to publish Turning Points magazine in Kazakh and Russian
Distribution rights with Harvard Business Publishing to deliver online corporate learning products
