News Ratings don’t excite me; stories do: Arnab Goswami

[Deepu]

Arnab Goswami, Times Network president of news and chief editor of Times Now and ET Now, does not get excited by ratings, or that’s what he says. “I am happy with the ratings, but they don’t move or excite me. What excite me are stories. I am constantly thinking about stories,” Goswami told a gathering at an event organised by Twitter India, [HASHTAG]#RiseWithTwitter[/HASHTAG]. Incidentally, Times Now enjoys leadership position in the English TV news genre. When Twitter market director for India and Southeast Asia Rishi Jaitly told Goswami that Times Now’s [HASHTAG]#LalitGate[/HASHTAG] tweet got 43.2 million impressions over 16 days, Goswami added that he does not like to get swayed by data. “I tend not to get swayed by data. Yes, wherever I am going, I have seen people talking about the story and calling it LalitGate, a term which Times Now coined, but my focus is on my craft. I am a journalist at heart and a storyteller. For me, it is important to internalise,” Goswami said.

Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/ratings-dont-excite-me-stories-do-arnab-goswami/ | TelevisionPost.com

 

[Sanjeev]

But that controversial stories only gives him ratings for his channel

 

[Technoglitch]

And his flair for shouting over the top.

 

[DashMajor]

He can put life in any dead story

 

[scorpionking76]

And not allowing others to talk

 

[NinadG]

Recently he said......."I don’t believe in a cozy chat amongst convivial people who agree with each other and are one big Delhi Gymkhana Club on television. That’s not my world view."

So no doubt Times Now is celebrating success every week.....

 

[Technoglitch]

to disagree with these people, he shouts at them?

 

[NinadG]

Thats his way to incite them & stir up the debate....& he wins there....

 

[DashMajor]

And he's channel won the TRP.

 

[IndianMascot]

He seems to on 7th Sky from its channel success but forgetting that it may get down if another one overtakes them.