ABOUT VUGA ENTERPRISES
Founded in 2018. Owner and operator of the VUGA Enterprises Network.
VUGA Enterprises is the publishing house of VUGA Group. It owns and operates the VUGA Enterprises Network — 122 newspapers and magazines across 17 editorial sectors — and produces original film, television and books.
Each title covers one subject and carries its own name, design and editorial team of four to seven authors: not "finance" but bitcoin trading, not "travel" but coastal destinations, not "local news" but Miami neighbourhoods. A publication that covers one subject properly earns authority in it.
Every author is listed on this site with a biography and the titles they write for. No two sister publications in the same sector share a byline.
One owner, one standard across every title: sourcing, corrections, and the clear labelling of commercial material, which is marked on the page and never blended into editorial.
VUGA Enterprises does not sell advertising. Placements and partnerships are handled by VUGA Media Group, the commercial arm of the group — details here.
SISTER COMPANIES
Press release distribution and earned-media placement across tier-1 international outlets.
An independent book imprint pairing authors with the reach of the network.
OTT streaming platform available on iOS, Android TV, Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting the arts, culture and creative communities.
FOUNDERS
Artist & Media Mogul · President, VUGA Group · Co-Founder
Victoria Unikel is an American artist and media executive. She is President and Co-Founder of VUGA Group, a portfolio of 17 companies across 4 continents. Its media network includes 4 television networks, 122 digital publications and reaches 600M+ devices worldwide. She sets the editorial direction of every title in this network.
As UNIKEL, she has exhibited paintings and mixed-media works since 2008 and has produced projects across film, television, music, animation and media.
Forbes · New York Post · Daily Mail · L’Officiel · The Independent · The Sun
CEO & Co-Founder, VUGA Group
Gene Avakyan is CEO and Co-Founder of VUGA Group alongside Victoria Unikel. A systems architect and aerospace engineer, he built procurement platforms for the City of Los Angeles and the Federal Aviation Administration, with $13B+ moving through infrastructure he engineered. He founded Edison Aerospace and built the publishing platform that supports this network.
Government · Aviation · Aerospace · Media technology
