NBF elects Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami as governing board President

The News Broadcasters Federation (NBF), the country’s largest association of over 78 news channels, has elected the editor-in-chief of Republic TV as President of its governing board. The body of 78 news channels in 14 languages, representing broadcasters from 25 states, met on Saturday to finalise modalities of a self-regulatory organization – News Broadcasters Federation Authority – to bring in transparent self-regulation on content, a statement said. The new self-regulatory organization is scheduled to be announced officially by the end of January 2020, it said.

The biggest ever congregation of regional news broadcasters represents their combined interests and perspectives on matters related to the news broadcasting industry, the statement said. It said the members unanimously elected Arnab Goswami, Managing Director and EIC of Republic TV, as the new President of NBF’s Governing Board. “I am grateful for the trust and confidence shown in me by the largest ever group of broadcasters in India. NBF is a game changer and its incredible how so many channel owners and top executives have come together so quickly to make NBF happen.” Goswami said on being elected as the President of NBF.