For me, the real story of India’s Got Latent isn’t about free speech, vulgarity, obscenity, or culture. It’s actually a story of what happens when “new” television tries to take on “old” television. Youtube took a swipe at the old world. And the old world punched back and gave it a bloody nose.

What lessons do Samay Raina and India's Got Latent have for the media business?

Tune in to find out.

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You can read this edition here: https://the-ken.com/the-nutgraf/youtube-missed/

You can read our Oct 2024 story titled 'TV channels, beware! Youtubers Samay Raina and TVF are taking over the screen—and the couch' here: https://the-ken.com/story/tv-channels-beware-youtubers-samay-raina-and-tvf-are-taking-over-the-screen-and-the-couch/

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