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CNN-News18 adds ‘Epicentre @ 7’ to primetime line-up
MUMBAI: CNN-News18 recently launched several new shows in its primetime programming.
Continuing with the same, the channel has launched a new show ‘Epicentre @ 7’. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists, Senior Editor Shreya Dhoundial and Deputy Political Editor Marya Shakil, Epicentre @ 7 goes between the faultlines and beyond the headlines to cut through the big story of the day. Catch Epicentre @ 7, weeknights at 7 PM on CNN-News18.
Epicentre @ 7 concentrates heavily on biggest news of the day, articulating the alternative idea which generally gets lost in the heat and noise of daily debates. The show talks to young and fresh voices across the social and political spectrum who are fearless and disregard political correctness, to get their opinion. The show includes not just Delhi-centric news but also puts the spotlight on the North-East and South India curating headlines, stories, and opinions to bring out the big picture.
‘Trending Truth’, a special segment towards the end of the show showcases trending videos or messages of the day with an aim to distinguish facts from fiction.
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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.
