Dipika Kaura joins Network18 as Editor, Standards & Practices

New Delhi, 9^th June 2022:  Seasoned media professional Dipika Kaura has joined Network18 Group as Editor (Standards & Practices).

Kaura has worked with the network earlier as well in several different capacities.

She was Executive Editor and Head of Desk at CNN-News18 before she left the group in 2020. She was also the founder member of CNN-News18 in 2005 and its sister channel CNBCTV18 many years before that.

Kaura will be closely working with both input and output teams at CNN-News18.

She will work towards raising the editorial standards of the news channel, which has occupied the leadership position in English TV news genre for the past few weeks.

With her wide newsroom exposure and experience, Kaura will add to the editorial gravitas of the channel. All reporters’ enterprise stories will be vetted by her before they go on air.

Commenting on this, Zakka Jacob, Managing Editor, CNN News18 said, “We are extremely glad to have a news veteran like Dipika back on board with us as Editor (Standards & Practices), Network18. Being No.1 also comes with a great deal of responsibility. Dipika will ensure that our enterprise stories live up to the standards and practices of the CNN brand. She will also work closely with our input and output teams to ensure the requisite checks and balances are built into our stories and shows. We take the Number 1 position with a great deal of responsibility. And Dipika will add the required heft that comes along with being market leader”

Speaking on this movement, Dipika Kaura, Editor (Standards & Practices), Network18 said "Network18 has been my professional home for 25+ years, so it’s a happy homecoming for me. I look forward to my new role, ensuring an editorial balance in CNN-News18's news coverage,"

About Network18 Group

Network18 Group is a media and entertainment group with interests in broadcasting, digital, movies, e-commerce, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. TV18 Broadcast Limited [BSE: 532800, NSE: TV18BRDCST] is the broadcasting arm of Network18. TV18 operates India’s largest bouquet of News channels across 15 languages and 26 states; with marquee properties like CNBC-TV18 in Business News and CNN News18 in English News. Through its JV Viacom18, it also operates a portfolio of entertainment channels across genres, including leading premium local and global brands like Colors, Nickelodeon and MTV. Viacom18 also operates OTT platform VOOT, and produces and distributes films through Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Through TV18, the network operates a bouquet of 13 regional news channels under the News18 brand name. TV18 also operates a joint venture with the Lokmat Group which houses the Marathi news channel News18 Lokmat. To cover the global audience & sizable NRI population, TV18 operates News18, a twenty-four hour television news channel designed to give global audiences a window into the world’s largest democracy. TV18’s Infotainment JV AETN18 that operates History TV18 and distribution/syndication JV Indiacast complete the bouquet of offerings, making TV18 a full-portfolio broadcast player. Through 'Network18 Media & Investments Ltd.' [BSE: 532798, NSE: Network18], the group operates its digital, publishing and e-commerce assets including moneycontrol.com, news18.com, cnbctv18.com and firstpost.com. Network18 has significant interest in e-commerce property, bookmyshow.com and also publishes Forbes India, the nation's first local edition of a foreign news magazine in collaboration with Forbes Media. In addition, the group operates Network18 Publishing, a player in the special interest publishing space, which publishes magazines such as Overdrive, Better Photography and Better Interiors. 'Network18' also has strategic investments in Yatra, Colosceum, Topper, 24X7 Learning and Ubona. For more information, log on to www.nw18.com.