TIF Talkies

In Episode 6 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, about selling branded content and more. Before moving to a foreign publisher, Oberoi spent many years in the Indian news media, focusing on the advertising side of businesses.

On Episode 5 of 'The Business of News', Rohan Venkat and Jayant Sriram speak with Ritu Kapur, co-founder and CEO of 'The Quint', an award-winning digital news organisation that has carved out a unique voice in India’s media space about building a digital business and staying the course on advertising revenue.

Vikash Keshri, a medical doctor with expertise in public health and health policy, joins Kiran Kumbhar in this episode to speak on MBBS and MPH training systems in India, focusing specifically on the discipline of community medicine (also known as preventive and social medicine), its role in the medical education system, existing challenges and areas of potential reform, and its relationship with the broader the public health system in the country.

The Hindu took the bold step of introducing online subscriptions long before any other major newspaper did in India. The model has been a lighthouse example of business acumen for many news publishers. Ramanathan Subramanian and Jayant Sriram speak with LV Navaneeth, CEO of The Hindu Group on the process and challenges faced by a legacy newspaper in transforming into a thriving digital news publisher.

Jayant Sriram speaks with Nikhil Kanekal and Vignesh Vellore, co-founder of The News Minute, on collaborations among media organisations, joint strategy for achieving growth, and the way forward.

Kiran Kumbhar speaks with Veena Shatrugna on the challenges of anaemia and undernutrition in India, on recent attempts to dilute the diagnostic standards for anaemia, and on decolonisation in global health. Dr Shatrugna is a medical doctor, public health researcher, and former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad.

Foreign aid, especially American aid, to India has always been a testy matter. We speak to Gaurav Garg, assistant professor of History at Ashoka University, on why foreign aid has a chequered history, and a plan to convert Calcutta into Pittsburgh.

Rohan Venkat speaks with Gaurav Arora, Chief Operating Officer at Jagran New Media and Ramanathan S, head of revenue and product at The News Minute, on how programmatic ads and brand studios have evolved and what challenges are anticipated over the coming years.

Does news in India have a viable model today? Jayant Sriram and Rohan Venkat begin this RePivot podcast series on the Business of News by discussing different revenue trends in news organisations today.

Kiran Kumbhar speaks with Amar Jesani on the discipline of bioethics, on ethical issues in the medical publishing world, and on activism and action in healthcare reform. Dr. Jesani is a bioethicist, health analyst and activist, and editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics.