HT Bhopal

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/01/2008

Around August-September last year the Hindustan Times in Bhopal saw an unprecedented instance  of a resident editor appointee being resisted by the  staff. Some journalists of the paper¿s Bhopal edition sent a memorandum to the management in Delhi protesting the appointment of Neeraj Mishra. Mr Mishra has finally exited the newspaper and HT is on the lookout for a replacement.

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