On Episode 6 of RePivot, a show focused on the business of news in India, Ramanathan S and Rohan Venkat speak with Jaya Oberoi, who currently runs digital content distribution for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in India and Sri Lanka. Before moving to a foreign publisher, Oberoi spent many years in the Indian news media, focusing on the advertising side of businesses. Oberoi worked at Mail Today, the newspaper from the India Today Group, managed business in the West region for magazines like Harper’s Bazaar and Women’s Health and then moved to the broadcast world, playing key sales roles at ..read more

This episode of RePivot features a conversation between Gaurav Arora, Chief Operating Officer at Jagran New Media and Ramanathan S, a media consultant and RePivot member. Rohan Venkat plays host, probing our guests on the topics of digital advertising and the journey of a regional publisher to try and attain financial sustainability in the digital realm. Gaurav has nearly 24 years of professional experience, of which nearly 20 years have been in digital publishing. He has focused on generating revenues from the online ventures of traditional news companies (Jagran and Times Internet). Through ..read more

For years, many of us in the Indian news industry have looked to publications like the Nieman Journalism Lab and the Columbia Journalism Review or blogs & podcasts like the Rebooting and A Media Operator for perspectives on the trends shaping our profession – even if those voices came from afar. We’ve even seen some creators, like Splice, show up closer to home. And while India does have websites and publications that do valuable work covering the industry, we felt the need for another platform that keeps its focus squarely on the business side of the news business. A space to discuss ever ..read more