Living Media forms SBU for language publishing

Living Media, publishers of India Today magazine, has formed a special business unit (SBU) to focus on Indian language publishing and all related extensions in the Indian language domain. The SBU will become an independent company shortly..

All current India Today language brands will be assigned to this new SBU, which would be placed under the leadership of Prabhu Chawla, who will be designated Editor (Languages) and CEO. He will also be Consulting Editor to Business Today.

According to an internal mail by Group Editor-in-Chief and Chairman, Aroon Purie, “Chawla’s new mandate will be to address the business and editorial opportunity of Indian language publishing in an aggressive and focused manner and to launch many more new language publications in the future. In collaboration with ITGD (India Today Group Digital), he will be addressing digital opportunities in the language space as well.”

The company has also appointed M J Akbar as Editorial Director of India Today - English and India Today - International and their extensions.

In addition, Akbar would be associated with Headlines Today as Editorial Director.

The changes are effective September 24. Chawla will report to the company’s board while Akbar would report to Purie.