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CNN-IBN and IBN 7 celebrate Valentine’s Day
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN and IBN 7 celebrate Valentine’s Day
Mumbai: CNN-IBN and IBN 7 will present a line up of special programming for Valentine’s Day.
The season finale of Minus 30 will also be a Valentine’s special. The show will feature host Paras Tomar probing people both famous and ordinary trying to answer that multi million-dollar question – What is love?
IBN 7 on the other hand has come up with a programme series especially for the occasion called ‘Kambhakt Ishq’, which involves short, realistic and highly dramatic stories surrounding different couples. The series’ grand finale on February 14th at 7 pm will bring together these narratives in a half hour episode to create that ultimate Valentine’s special!
“Valentine’s is a special occasion for most. Programmes on both CNN-IBN and IBN 7 have been designed to reflect this sentiment and help our viewers celebrate the festival of love”, says CNN IBN and IBN 7 editor in chief Rajdeep Sardesai.
“I have no doubt that ‘Kambakht Ishq’ will be a runaway success, especially with our young audience,” says, IBN 7 managing editor IBN 7 managing editor Ashutosh.
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Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
