Arnab Goswami’s new venture ‘Republic’ and Twitter

[Dinesh jain]

India’s star TV anchor and former editor-in-chief of Times Now Arnab Goswami is getting ready to launch his new venture ‘Republic’ with serial entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar as senior equity partner.

Will the launch be on Republic day (26 January) as the name suggests? What about the TV licence? Will the digital outfit launch first? No answers to these questions are out yet.

However, Goswami seems to have launched the Twitter handle and Facebook page of his latest venture ‘Republic’. Though the handle (@republic) is not yet verified, two tweets were sent out from it. They asked people to track the ‘revolution’.

“The nation wants to know! We are now live on social. Until we hit your screens, track the revolution here! #RepublicOnSocial,” read the first tweet.

“We are on the brink of shaking up the system all over again. Join the @Republic movement. #RepublicOnSocial,” followed the second tweet. Another tweet asked people to track the Facebook page of ‘Republic’.
Arnab Goswami’s new venture ‘Republic’ and Twitter | TelevisionPost.com

 

[SarfaRaZ]

MUMBAI: Arnab Goswami has roped in an interesting clutch of investors for his TV and digital news venture ‘Republic’, including DEN Networks promoter Sameer Manchanda and veteran investment banker Hemendra Kothari.

Headlining the list of investors, though, is member of Rajya Sabha and Asianet News Network CMD Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who has invested Rs 30 crore in the venture, according to a report in The Indian Express.

The holding company of Republic, which made its social media debut earlier this month, is ARG Outlier Media, of which Goswami is the MD. Chandrasekhar has invested Rs 30 crore in ARG Outlier Media.

The company also has Goswami’s wife Samyabrata Ray Goswami as a director in addition to Goswami and Chandrasekhar.

The three have floated another company called SARG Media, which is the main investor in ARG Outlier. Goswami and his wife Samyabrata own majority stake in SARG Media.

The reported stated that SARG, as of 24 November 2016, had invested Rs 26 crore in ARG Outlier, through various investments.

The largest investor in SARG is Aarin Capital Partners’ Ranjan Ramdas Pai, who has invested Rs 7.5 crore.

Asian Heart Institute’s Ramakanta Panda has invested Rs 5 crore in the company. Veteran investment banker Hemendra Kothari has put in Rs 2.5 crore. Other investors include R Naresh and Shobhana Ramachandhran of TVS Tyres, and Niranjan Shah, owner of Renaissance Jewellery in Mumbai and SRF Transnational Holdings.

DEN Networks promoter Sameer Manchanda, along with Sanjeev Manchanda and Tapesh Virendra Singhi, has invested over Rs 2.5 crore in SARG, cumulatively.

Chandrasekhar, who has been a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka since 2006, was appointed vice-chairman of NDA in Kerala in September 2016.

Chandrasekhar’s right-wing bias came to light when his investment company Jupiter Capital’s COO Amit Gupta wrote an email to editorial heads asking them to ensure that journalists who are hired should be ‘right of centre in his/her editorial tonality’, ‘pro-India, pro-military’, ‘aligned to Chairman’s ideology’ (chairman being Chandrasekhar) and ‘well familiarised’ with the chairman’s thoughts on ‘nationalism and governance’.

The email ended: “Offers being rolled out shall be summarised and shared with Chairman’s office as regards the credentials (only) and hiring managers have to ensure that the above has been ticked appropriately.” Gupta, however, requested the email be ‘ignored’ the next day.

Arnab Goswami’s investors in ‘Republic’ | TelevisionPost.com

 

[SarfaRaZ]

'Republic' chooses LinkedIn to build a dream team

Republic, Arnab Goswami's new media technology venture, has chosen LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network, as their exclusive platform for finding quality talent to grow their team.

Republic will leverage LinkedIn to hire professionals for roles across their news desk, production team, news analysis desk, social media desk, website and app team.

Republic will be an independent platform for journalists and content professionals. The venture aspires to create a movement that will put the power of journalism into the hands of the citizens, and will be India’s first footprint into global journalism.

Commenting on the announcement, Arnab Goswami, Founder of Republic said “Being a technology driven media company which will focus on traditional and evolving digital screens, it was a natural fit to digitise our process of recruitment. The idea was to open the process of recruitment to everyone so that we build our team with the brightest minds. Our aim at Republic is to build a strong editorial ecosystem and we are certain that with LinkedIn's established network, they will be able to work with us to help build the same".

“India is on the verge of moving to ‘centre stage’ at a global scale, with start-ups like Republic fuelling India’s growth trajectory. We are excited to work with Republic to help them build their team, emerge as a strong employer brand and communicate their purpose to all professionals on LinkedIn. We are confident that our best-in-class recruiting and talent sourcing solutions will help Republic find the right talent that contributes to the venture’s goal of bringing in the digital news revolution.” Irfan Abdulla, Director Talent Solutions, LinkedIn India.

Via LinkedIn, Republic is excited to hire professionals from diverse backgrounds to build the best and most diverse news team in the country. As a breakaway from traditional hiring, Republic is open to candidates who aren't restricted to the news industry in order to build a dynamic team. By choosing to recruit through LinkedIn, Republic will be able to identify and connect with prospective candidates from the platform’s member network of 39 million members in India and 467 million globally.

http://www.exchange4media.mobi/digital/republic-chooses-linkedin-to-build-a-dream-team_67400.html

 

[SarfaRaZ]

MUMBAI: Star anchor Arnab Goswami’s new media technology venture Republic has partnered online professional networking platform LinkedIn as its exclusive platform for finding talent to grow the team.

Republic will leverage LinkedIn to hire professionals for roles across their news desk, production team, news analysis desk, social media desk, website and app development team.

Arnab Goswami's Republic to hire talent through LinkedIn | TelevisionPost.com

 

[rahul1117kumar]

Vikas Khanchandani joins Republic as CEO

Vikas Khanchandani is joining Republic, Arnab Goswami's new media technology venture as CEO. His previous stint was with RBNL as Chief Business Officer. Khanchandani will play an integral role to grow Republic as an independent media tech company.

Goswami has been recruiting catalysts for his team, who would make his new venture a comprehensive set-up for the new media landscape. Republic will be an independent platform for journalists and content professionals. The venture aspires to create a movement that will put the power of journalism into the hands of the citizens, and will be India’s first footprint into global journalism.

Commenting on the same, Arnab Goswami, Founder of Republic said, “We are delighted to welcome Vikas on board. He is a great leader and joins us with very strong industry experience across multimedia platforms. Together, we believe, we will create the No. 1 News Channel in India.’’

Vikas Khandchandani added, “I am looking forward to working with Republic as I believe in the core objective and vision of launching the first global independent media venture. I am certain we will change the media scenario in India”

Khanchandani is a senior media industry professional with nearly two decades of experience. After an initial stint of running his family business in Medium Enterprise Financing and Estate Management, he joined STAR TV as a key member of the Strategic Planning and Management team which worked on sales strategies for the entire Star bouquet of channels across multiple genres.

After STAR TV, Khanchandani was part of the core leadership team which set up NDTV Media.

As Senior Vice President – Advertising Sales in charge of the English and Hindi news channels of NDTV, he played an important role in helping the NDTV network optimally monetize its revenue potential.

Apart from co-founding Aidem Ventures, he played the dual role of managing existing businesses of Aidem with his operational skills even while he was aggressively driving the growth agenda of Aidem, which is to build a unique and valuable media sales and services company.

He took complete charge of Aidem Ventures assuming a pivotal role during the leadership transition in 2011. For the next 5 years, he drove the various businesses with undying enthusiasm, raw energy and a keen sense of fair play and vision, expanding into Digital advertising in a major way.

http://www.exchange4media.mobi/digital/vikas-khanchandani-joins-republic-as-ceo_67444.html

 

[SarfaRaZ]

Republic team is working Daily hard hope it hopefully launch on Republic Day as per their plan

 

[Bapun]

Republic team is working Daily hard hope it hopefully launch on Republic Day as per their plan

Hope all the shouting will bring more viewership.

 

[SarfaRaZ]

Hope all the shouting will bring more viewership.

:hehe Hope so as before launching only they have started doing market campaigning

 

[Bapun]

That has been latest trend these days.

Jo dikhta hai, wohi bikhta hai.. Strategy!

 

[Tha.RP8]

Skip to 2 mins 15 secs mark in this video to see the funny side of Arnab, unplugged:
AIB : Unoffended [Making and Deleted Scenes] - YouTube


And then, skip to 7mins 35 secs mark of this to see him make fun of himself:
AIB : Unoffended - YouTube



I can't stop laughing!!!