Hindustan Times editor-in-chief Bobby Ghosh to step down

Hindustan Times Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ghosh is said to be leaving the paper “for personal reasons”, according to an internal email sent by HT Media chairperson Shobhana Bhartia. Before helming Hindustan Times, Ghosh was the managing editor of Quartz, the business news website. Ghosh had succeeded Sanjoy Narayan as editor-in-chief, who spent eight years in harness.

Bhartia’s email read, “Bobby has only been with HT Digital Streams Ltd. for 14 months, but in that time he has engineered a dramatic transformation of our various news products. This is reflected not only in our traffic numbers, but in the sheer ambition of our journalism. Under his leadership, HT Newsroom has pursued bold ideas and has addressed some of the most pressing issues of our time. We have come to be recognised as the place for journalistic innovation and enterprise.”

It further stated: “We will miss him, but I am confident that the newsroom leadership team he has nurtured will more than live up to the challenge.”