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CNN News18 & 92.7 BIG FM join hands to fight the pothole menace
MUMBAI: With the arrival of the monsoons across India, one big problem that has resurfaced yet again just like every year are Potholes. Continuous rains have exposed the terrible condition of roads in various cities. Against this backdrop, CNN-News18 is doing a special campaign ‘#WhyThesePotholes?’ in partnership with 92.7 BIG FM on the issue of potholes on Indian roads. The campaign is bringing real life stories of people affected by the potholes along with a status check on the work done by municipal corporations in metro cities.
The initiative aims to highlight the plight of commuters in front of government officials and provide possible solutions to the problem. The one-week long campaign comprises stories that highlight the fatalities caused every year due to the potholes. Some of the stories include a case study of a father who lost his 3 year old son and his ongoing legal battle, a Citizen Journalist who has measured the length and breadth of potholes in Delhi, live stories with MCD & BMMC and challenges people are facing in areas with big potholes.
Further amplifying the messaging, both CNN-News18 and 92.7 BIG FM are also engaging people by asking them to share photos and videos of the potholes in their city.
You can become a part of the campaign and highlight issues related to potholes by sharing photos and videos on Whatsapp/08800591092, Facebook/News18CJ and Twitter @News18CJ
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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.
