MUMBAI — Following several days of murmurs that the prime time star of Indian English TV news could be looking at a change, the Indian media is reporting that Arnab Goswami has resigned from Times Now.
He was the Editor-in-Chief and president, News, of Times Now and ET Now. He announced his decision at an editorial meeting. He told his team that he will remain in television. Multiple sources in Times Now have confirmed this.
Arnab told the editorial team that he believes in the media, and that he will continue in television.
According to a source in Times Now, few editors and reporters were called in specifically for the meeting in which he announced that he was qutting. The meeting was called at 4:30 p.m. and went on till about 5:30 p.m., according to media reports.
"He repeatedly said that 'The game has just begun'," said a source in Times Now, "and that 'independent media is going to thrive'," said a source.
Another source, who was at the meeting, said that Arnab said, "I'm a rolling stone that does not gather moss."
Times Now was not a runaway success initially, but Goswami spun its ratings around with his loud television.
Arnab hails from Assam and is the son of an army officer. After obtaining a masters degree in sociology at Oxford, Arnab began his journalistic career with The Telegraph for brief period before joining NDTV.
In an interview with Scroll, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai recalled that the Arnaab Goswami had turned up at his house to inquire about job opportunities in television news. “I had then been a mentor to him,” Rajdeep told Scroll.
The Caravan reported Arnab spent nine years at NDTV, and went on to become the head of the channel’s national news desk. — Agencies
