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News18 Network gets exclusive Interview of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
MUMBAI: September 2019 marks the halfway mark of Yogi Adityanath’s term as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Reminiscing over his government’s tenure till now, BJP’s firebrand leader will speak exclusively to News18 Network. In a freewheeling conversation with Rahul Joshi, Group Editor-in-Chief of Network18, the Chief Minister will talk about a range of important issues that matter to the most populous state of India.
The interview will be set in the Gorakhnath Mandir in Gorakhpur and will feature CM Yogi Adityanath, in his most candid discussion till date. The interview will not only take stock of key policies, economic and political developments in the state, and the evolving social-cultural dynamics of Uttar Pradesh amongst others but also dwell upon personal facets of the Chief Minister.
The interview will be aired in a special episode of the Network’s popular interview series – ‘Rajneeti’ on 19th September, 2019. The interview can be watched on News18 India, News18 Madhya Pradesh- Chattisgarh, News18 Rajasthan, News18 Uttar Pradesh- Uttarakhand, News18 Bihar- Jharkhand, News18 Punjab- Haryana-Himachal and CNBC Awaaz at 8 pm and on CNN-News18 at 10 pm.
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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.
