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  • Hector Kenneth Kumar joins Times Now as managing editor

    Hector Kenneth Kumar joins Times Now as managing editor

    MUMBAI: In the changing dynamics at Times Now, there has been a re-framing of sorts. After the much-talked departure of prime time host and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the channel roped in former senior editor Rahul Shivshankar as the chief editor.

    Now, in a recent development, NewsX managing editor Hector Kenneth Kumar has joined Times Now as managing editor. Kumar is an engineering graduate from MIT Manipal University, who worked briefly as an engineer before venturing into the mainstream media. He was a member of the core team of Times Now’s launch. His contributions took the editorial function of the channel to new heights as he is skilled in aligning business goals with the news strategy of the organisation.

    Times Now MD and CEO MK Anand confirmed the development to indiantelevision.com. Kumar who joined Times Now in mid-December, was earlier with NewsX for a short stint from September 2016.

    This would be Shivshankar’s and Kumar’s second stints with the network after six years and three months, respectively. Rahul had earlier worked as the senior editor of Times Now and the executive editor of Headlines Today (TV Today Network).

    On the other front, Arnab has made the much-awaited announcement of his next venture, named ‘Republic’.

    According to people familiar with parleys leading up to his resignation, Arnab left Times Now following differences with its owners, the Jains – Sameer, Vineet and Raj – of Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd. On his plans, Arnab had said, “Independent media is going to thrive, the game has just begun.”

    With newsmen from NewsX hopping onto Times Now, it would be interesting to see how the former deals with the changing times. Times Now for its part has been slightly ahead of competition in the recent past and it all began with Arnab leading the charge with his firebrand version of heated TV debates.

  • Hector Kenneth Kumar joins Times Now as managing editor

    Hector Kenneth Kumar joins Times Now as managing editor

    MUMBAI: In the changing dynamics at Times Now, there has been a re-framing of sorts. After the much-talked departure of prime time host and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, the channel roped in former senior editor Rahul Shivshankar as the chief editor.

    Now, in a recent development, NewsX managing editor Hector Kenneth Kumar has joined Times Now as managing editor. Kumar is an engineering graduate from MIT Manipal University, who worked briefly as an engineer before venturing into the mainstream media. He was a member of the core team of Times Now’s launch. His contributions took the editorial function of the channel to new heights as he is skilled in aligning business goals with the news strategy of the organisation.

    Times Now MD and CEO MK Anand confirmed the development to indiantelevision.com. Kumar who joined Times Now in mid-December, was earlier with NewsX for a short stint from September 2016.

    This would be Shivshankar’s and Kumar’s second stints with the network after six years and three months, respectively. Rahul had earlier worked as the senior editor of Times Now and the executive editor of Headlines Today (TV Today Network).

    On the other front, Arnab has made the much-awaited announcement of his next venture, named ‘Republic’.

    According to people familiar with parleys leading up to his resignation, Arnab left Times Now following differences with its owners, the Jains – Sameer, Vineet and Raj – of Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd. On his plans, Arnab had said, “Independent media is going to thrive, the game has just begun.”

    With newsmen from NewsX hopping onto Times Now, it would be interesting to see how the former deals with the changing times. Times Now for its part has been slightly ahead of competition in the recent past and it all began with Arnab leading the charge with his firebrand version of heated TV debates.

  • News X strengthens leadership with new hires

    News X strengthens leadership with new hires

    MUMBAI-NewsX, India’s new news leader has augmented its leadership team with a number of key appointments to consolidate its position for future growth.

    The channel, now India’s leading English news channel with a consistent performance of being a market leader over the last 17 weeks has some aggressive growth plans and the addition of fresh talent is in line with the same.

    Rahul Shivshankar, executive editor and a renowned anchor on Headlines Today, has joined as the managing editor with NewsX. Diptosh Majumdar, ex-National affairs editor with CNN-IBN, also joins the team in the same capacity. To augment channel’s business operations, Raktim Das, erstwhile Business Head and Senior Vice President at Zee News Limited has joined as President. Shivshankar, a celebrated name in the news fraternity, has been associated with brands like Times Now, and Headlines Today in the past. Majumdar joins in from DNA. Prior to DNA, he was a senior editorial resource with CNN-IBN.

    Das, comes with an exhaustive experience in the media space spanning newspaper, magazine and television. As part of his new mandate, he’ll be responsible for brand development and exploring new avenues of revenue generation. He has earlier worked with brands like India Today, Times of India and Zee News.

    Kartikeya Sharma, MD, ITV Network said in an official communiqué “We are delighted to induct seasoned talent on board at this important juncture, and we are confident that their experience and understanding of the business will help us to achieve our objective of sustaining the leadership in the genre, and will set new benchmarks in Indian news television.”

  • News X strengthening its editorial team

    News X strengthening its editorial team

    MUMBAI: Well known anchor on Headlines Today, Rahul Shivshankar, is packing his bags back to his favourite news channel – News X – with a mission in mind. From 2 September, he will be seen as managing editor with the channel and will be hosting the primetime show. Diptosh Majumdar, former National affairs editor with DNA, also joins the team in the same capacity. Majumdar will be reporting to Shivshankar while Shivshankar will report to Karthik Sharma, the owner of the channel.

     

    Shivshankar has years of experience. He was associated with News X as editorial director for a year between February 2011 and 2012 and six years with Times Now before that. He was also one of the members of the core team that launched Headlines in 2003. “I am emotionally involved with News X and my plan is to consolidate and give the channel a new direction and focus, which I have successfully done for Headlines Today as well,” says Shivshankar. He will be filling a vacant position.

        
    Majumdar has been political affairs editor with CNN-IBN and editorial director with News X in 2010 after which he left for DNA and now he’s back with News X. Recently, News X was acquired by India News. Financial constraints at the channel had led to Shivshankar leaving for Headlines but now since it seems stable he is back with it. One of the things Shivshankar plans to do is build the weekend news programming. This is one affinity to a channel!

     

    Three months ago, Priya Sehgal joined them as political editor from India Today magazine.

     

    When the whole industry seems to be laying people off, News X seems to be doing the opposite. More people are expected to join the channel in the coming months.