India is obsessed with the resignation of a TV news show host
It is not everyday when a journalist becomes the news. But that's exactly what's happening with Arnab Goswami, one of India's most watched news presenter known for his daily 'News Hour' debate show.
Like his trademark phrase, "the nation wants to know" where Goswami is heading next after news about his resignation from the Times Group spread like wildfire on social media yesterday afternoon. He was the editor-in-chief and president of news at Times Now and ET Now. While the company has not officially confirmed his departure, several Times Now staffers have since publicly confirmed his departure. Goswami made the announcement about his resignation at an editorial meeting yesterday.
At his over decade-long stint as a journalist, Goswami has polarized India's television news viewers with his aggressive, often noisy, debates on his daily 'News Hour' show on Times Now. The show is known for its loud and intense debates, with as many as six panelists often speaking at the same time, with Goswami usually having the last word.
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Goswami, who was on a one week leave, appeared on 'News Hour' yesterday. It’s being reported that this was his last 'News Hour' as the host. Naturally, as news about his departure started to circulate last evening, people began to wonder where Goswami will go next.
He may have plans to launch his own news venture, according to News Minute. "Independent media is going to thrive," The Quint reported Goswami as saying in the editorial meet. According to the publication, he said, "The game has just begun," 15 times in the editorial meeting. Rumor has it that he has been in talks with another organization to setup a venture for the past six months. The new venture will be "formidable competition to BBC and CNN," he was quoted as saying.
Apart from the curiosity around where he goes next, questions have also been raised about the future of Times Now, the English news channel from one of India's oldest and most prominent media groups. Goswami, who was its face, was also responsible for making it one of India's most watched English news channels
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