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  • ABP News restructures editorial team to drive international standards

    ABP News restructures editorial team to drive international standards

    MUMBAI: India’s leading national news channel, ABP News will be the first Indian media organisation in the country to match up to global standards by undertaking major resource restructuring in its editorial department. ABP News is implementing this step to better utilise its talent, empower their editorial to drive more accountability, and to ensure greater clarity in roles.

    The existing hierarchy within the newsroom is undergoing a makeover. This move will ensure the channel is more audience-centric and responsive towards its consumers.

    The roles in the organisation will be more defined wherein, Rajnish Ahuja will be the senior vice president, news and programming; Sanjay Bragta as the vice president, news gathering; Arun Nautiyal as the vice president, news production, Sumit Awasthi as the vice president, planning and special coverage; Vibha Kaul Bhatt as the associate vice president, programme production and Anju Juneja will be the associate vice president, special projects.

    Furthermore, a new role of associate vice president, production and operations will be introduced to work in partnership with newsroom and technology teams. Nitin Sukhija will be heading the same.

    Speaking on the development, ABP News Network CEO Avinash Pandey  said: “Employee empowerment is a core aspect of our organisation. This transformation in the Editorial structure is a breakthrough moment for us and will revolutionise the way newsrooms operate in India. The newly-designated units will act as a catalyst for development in the Indian media landscape and we are extremely proud to lead the way towards this much-needed change.”

  • NewsX beefs up top rung

    NewsX beefs up top rung

    MUMBAI: NewsX, the Indi Media-owned English news channel, has made key appointments at the top rung as part of its revamp plan.

    While the channel has roped in former Triveni Media CEO Rahul Kulshreshtha as consultant for technical operations, it has also brought on board Shamya DasGupta as sports editor.

    During Kulshreshtha’s tenure at Triveni Media, the company had launched the Hindi news channel Voice of India. He has also worked with TV Today as director technology and operations.

    DasGupta, meanwhile, moves in from Headlines Today, where he was working in the same capacity. Prior to Headlines Today, DasGupta has worked with the Indian Express, Tehelka, and ESPN.

    Additionally, Nitin Sukhija, who was earlier with IBN7, has been appointed as entertainment and lifestyle editor in Mumbai and Monica Malik has joined as executive producer. As part of her new mandate, she will be responsible for news production and packaging of the channel. Prior to this, she was at NDTV as senior news producer.

    Also, Sukarno Sen has joined as Kolkata bureau chief. Prior to NewsX, he has worked with CNN-IBN, IBN7 and Zee News.

    Said a channel spokesperson, “This is an important milestone for NewsX and part of our strategy of incrementally but continuously strengthening our leadership team. At NewsX, it’s our endeavour to deliver news and programmes that are informative, engaging and timely. The recent hiring will give a strong leadership to the team which has been delivering fresh content and programming.”

    Recently, NewsX got VK Shashikumar on board as head of special investigations and news programming, Nandita Kumar as GM strategy and planning, and Sanjay Singh as resident editor Mumbai.