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Republic TV distribution head arrested by Mumbai police

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Republic TV distribution head arrested by Mumbai police

The Maharashtra Shiv Sena Government is giving blow after blow to noted journalist Arnab Goswami. Now, the Mumbai police arrested Republic TV distribution head Ghanshyam Singh in connection with the alleged TRP rigging scam. The Mumbai crime branch officials have released information about the latest arrest.

Chief Editor Arnab was already arrested. His arrest was relating to a different case. Ghanshyam is the 12th accused in the case of manipulation of the TRP ratings on the news pertaining to the actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case investigation.

Sushant death mystery became a point of severe conflict between the Shiv Sena and the BJP Government at the Centre. Udhav Thackeray has been furious over the Republic TV coverage. Especially there were many allegations against the Mumbai police investigation.

The TRP ratings case came up after an ad agency complained that the Republic TV has manipulated by striking fake deals with some viewers. The arrests of media persons have triggered heated exchanges between the rival political parties. The bitterness and acrimony is growing by the day on the Indian national political scene.

The BJP sympathisers say that after the Bihar election, Modi will handle Maharashtra toughly to control its aggression.

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Amit Shah condemns Arnab Goswami arrest

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Amit Shah condemns Arnab Goswami arrest

Union Home Minister Amit Shah came out in total defence of Republic TV Editor in Chief Arnab Goswami who was arrested by the Maharashtra police. Amit Shah condemned the arrest and described it as an attack on the media which is the fourth pillar of the Indian democracy.

Amit Shah termed the Maharashtra Government’s action as an assault on the freedom of speech and expression. This was a fundamental right provided for in the Constitution. The Governments have no right to interfere with the freedom of the individuals. It would be nothing but gross misuse of power to target free citizens.

It is well known that Arnab Goswami was caught in the political crossfire between the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the BJP parties at the national level.

Mr. Goswami has been a bitter critic of the Shiv Sena Government in Maharashtra for quite some time. Now, the situation has turned volatile with his arrest. It remains to be seen how the Modi Government at the Centre would react to this in future.

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News channels isolate BARC as Republic TV tops ratings

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News channels isolate BARC as Republic TV tops ratings

In its very first week Republic TV, launched by former Times Now editor Arnab Goswami, has topped the English news channel rankings. As per the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings Republic TV was the most-watched news channel in the country in its first week. News Broadcasters Association (NBA) pleaded BARC to postpone the release of data which the later preferred to overlook. Consequently, the leading English news channels decided to exit from BARC.

Republic TV registered 2.1million impressions followed by Times Now at 1.1.million. NDTV, India Today and CNN registered approximately 0.3 million impressions in the order. It is evident that other channels couldn’t withstand the Arnab’s storm. Reportedly NBA Secretary General Annie Joseph wrote to BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta that the move by BARC has serious implications and has “caused irreversible damage to India’s existing English news TV Channels”. She further alleged discrepancies in the stats on pan-India basis. Rivals are already accusing Republic TV of following unethical distribution practices and the channels is said to be registered under different genres.

Nonetheless Republic TV and Arnab are celebrating the success. Apparently, Arnab said, “The ratings reaffirm my faith that people watch what they find credible”. The channels which hoped Republic TV to be a small breeze did not anticipate it to be a storm, especially the kind of storm that rips you into pieces.

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Arnab Goswami quits Times Group, say employees

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Arnab Goswami quits Times Group, say employees

Arnab Goswami, Arnab Goswami quits Times Now

Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief of Times Now, announced on Tuesday that he is quitting the Times Group, employees of the news channel said.

Goswami made the announcement at a meeting with Times Now employees.

Some of the employees IANS spoke to said Goswami took questions after announcing that he had resigned.

They said he referred to launch of Times Now in 2006 and said: “We disrupted the industry” and it will be done again.

“The game has just begun,” the employees quoted Goswami as saying.

Goswami anchors prime time TV show “The Newshour” which is known for its intense and aggressive style of questioning.

With news doing the rounds that Goswami has quit, Times Now channel ran a ticker “Arnab Goswami is back tonight.”

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