New Delhi, In preparing for its imminent transformation to IMN News, NewsX has announced the appointment of Diptosh Majumdar as its Editorial Director. He will be based in NewsXs Noida office and spearhead channels newsroom operations.

Commenting on his new role, Diptosh Majumdar, Editorial Director, NewsX said, I am really excited to take on this new role. NewsX is already doing some of the best journalism on TV and as it morphs into IMN News we will set the bar for ourselves even higher.

Diptosh Majumdar has an illustrious career in journalism, having held senior positions at leading print and electronic media house. Prior to joining NewsX, Diptosh was the National Affairs Editor at CNN IBN and had been part of the core team that started the channel in 2005. He has also worked with The Telegraph and Indian Express.

Jehangir S. Pocha, Co-Promoter, IMN News said, Diptoshs experience and passion will greatly further News Xs mission to create Indias first non-tabloid news channel. Our desire to give viewers fed up with sensationalist news channels a qualitatively different news experience is striking a chord with more and more people, and this success is due to our incredibly talented team of committed journalists.

Diptoshs joining News X will add to the channels long list of distinguished editors and journalists, including Ayaz Memon, Saeed Naqvi and Seema Mustafa. News X also has some of the TV news industrys best young talents. A team of them recently won the News Documentary Award of the year, for a path breaking documentary titled - On Thin Ice at the Indian News Broadcasting Awards.

IMN News is the new brand identity that the premier English news channel NewsX will soon assume. The new look of the channel will be unveiled soon, and be accompanied with a similarly redesigned website, IPTV service and mobile TV.

Notes to Editor

IMN News Pvt. Ltd is wholly owned by Indi Media Company Pvt. Ltd., a venture co-founded by Vinay Chhajlani, an entrepreneur with interests in IT, new media and regional media, and Jehangir S. Pocha, a senior editor with years of global experience in media and business and the former Editor of Business World magazine. Vinay Chhajlani is also the CEO of Nai Dunia Media Pvt Ltd and founder of Webdunia.com.