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7 RCR- A New Series on ABP News
NEW DELHI: 7 RCR- an impactful series on News television in India, begins January 11th. This series will be presented by renowned author & columnist, Chetan Bhagat. 7 RCR would present to the audiences a picture of how India would appear in the near future. Today the biggest question before us is that who would form the government and who would take on the mantle of Prime Minister after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? In such a scenario, 7 RCR, an impactful series in the history of News television, would profile all those who could become contenders for this position.
Starting 11th Jan, the series 7 RCR will air on ABP News every Sat and Sun at 10 pm. This series will depict the journey of all those who have the mettle to make it to 7 Racecourse Road, the Prime Minister’s residence. So what is the politics of these contenders and what is the reality behind them. 7 RCR will provide the answers to such questions.
With the series 7 RCR Chetan Bhagat will return to the television screen. Not only is Chetan Bhagat a successful author who has six popular books to his credit, he is also a well-known columnist who has been writing extensively on social and political issues. Some of his books have even been made into popular films.
A significant feature of this series is the exhaustive research done on the personalities who have been profiled and the interviews related to them. Besides research, its remarkable cinematography and dramatic reconstructions make this series so unique and impactful. Audiences will get an opportunity to see an extremely interesting and authentic series.
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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.
