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  • Rituparna Chatterjee joins The Independent as deputy editor – Asia

    Rituparna Chatterjee joins The Independent as deputy editor – Asia

    NEW DELHI: Gender rights activist and the curator of @IndiaMeToo page on Twitter, who brought to light several shocking instances of sexual harassment in the Indian media industry, Rituparna Chatterjee has joined UK-based The Independent as deputy editor – Asia.

    Chatterjee announced the news on Twitter earlier today.

    Chatterjee has over 17 years of experience in the industry, during which time she has been associated with a number of prime news outlets in the country. She started her career as a staff reporter for The Statesman and then went on to work with Press Trust of India (PTI), News18 India and HuffPost India.

    She has also written for Reporters Without Borders, and Ungender Inc. Her columns have been featured in Indian and international publications and she is a former thought leader for Citizens For Public Leadership. Her last stint was with Ungender Legal Advisory as director of communications.

    Her areas of expertise include creating and curating editorial content, gender advocacy, creating communities of interest, running social media campaigns, leadership and mentoring.

  • HuffPost India to no longer publish content

    HuffPost India to no longer publish content

    KOLKATA: HuffPost India said on Tuesday that it would no longer publish content and redirected readers to parent site, HuffPost.com.

    “As of November 24, HuffPost India will no longer be publishing content. For more great global content, please visit HuffPost.com. We thank you for your support and readership,” it said.

    The news outlet which covers everything from politics, media and entertainment to technology, religion and lifestyle entered India back in 2014. 

    While The Huffington Post launched in the country on the back of a content partnership with The Times Of India, the partnership collapsed after three years.

  • BuzzFeed to take over HuffPost from Verizon Media

    BuzzFeed to take over HuffPost from Verizon Media

    MUMBAI: BuzzFeed has announced that it is in the process of acquiring HuffPost online news service, in a deal uniting two digital media pioneers seeking fresh momentum in a troubled sector.

    The acquisition is a part of a larger deal between Buzzfeed and Verizon Media. The deal allows both the companies to syndicate content on each other’s platform including Yahoo, according to a statement issued by them.

    It also makes Verizon a minority shareholder in BuzzFeed, with the two firms agreeing to a strategic partnership for content and advertising.

    “We're excited about our partnership with Verizon Media, and mutual benefits that will come from syndicating content across each other's properties, collaborating on innovative ad products and the future of commerce, and tapping into the strength and creativity of Verizon Media Immersive,” said BuzzFeed chief executive Jonah Peretti.  

    The deal is a reunion of sorts for Peretti, who also happens to be one of the founders of HuffPost. “I have vivid memories of growing HuffPost into a major news outlet in its early years, but BuzzFeed is making this acquisition because we believe in the future of HuffPost and the potential it has to continue to define the media landscape for years to come,” he added. “With the addition of HuffPost, our media network will have more users, spending significantly more time with our content than any of our peers.”

    Peretti co-founded HuffPost, formerly known as the Huffington Post, in 2005 with publisher Arianna Huffington, before starting Buzzfeed a year later.  

    The early success of HuffPost and BuzzFeed prompted optimism about the future of digital-first media, but in recent years both have faced struggles in a difficult economic environment for the sector.