Arnab Goswami is the Founder, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India's leading news channel, Republic TV. Here's everything you need to know about his wife, Samyabrata, who is a reputed journalist.
Arnab Ranjan Goswami, better known as Arnab Goswami is one of the most recognised, celebrated, admired, and controversial TV anchors in India. In recent decades, the media sector has seen a series of TV anchors like Ravish Kumar, Anjana Om Kashyap, Sudhir Chaudhary, Punya Prasun Bajpai, Rajat Sharma, Rajdeep Sardesai, Palki Sharma, Vikrant Gupta, Rekha Menon, Barkha Dutta, Prannoy Roy, and Deepak Chaurasia, who have changed the face of journalism in India.
Amidst all these exceptionally talented TV anchors, Arnab Goswami still managed to not only make a place for himself in the Indian media space but also continue to dominate it with Republic TV. As per the official website of Republic Media Network, it is the largest news network in India. Not only this, but Arnab's Republic Media Network is the country's most-watched broadcast news channel across four languages.
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Apart from dominating numbers in the television space, Arnab Goswami's Republic Media Network is also making a mark on social media platforms. While on YouTube, Republic Media Network records 6 billion impressions in a single month, and on Meta (formerly known as Facebook) it has a reach of over 130 million viewers. The numbers speak volumes about Arnab Goswami's vast knowledge and experience in the media industry. It's incredible that Arnab is leading the first independent journalist-controlled news company of its scale in India.
For the unversed, Arnab Goswami entered the world of journalism when he joined The Telegraph in Kolkata. However, after a brief stint there, he quickly moved to NDTV in 1996, anchored a series of shows and became famous across India. In 2006, he bid farewell to NDTV and started a brand new journey with Times Now as the channel's Editor-in-Chief. From launching the classic prime-time show, The Newshour, to winning several accolades for his tremendous work, Arnab became a household name in India.
It was in 2016, when Arnab Goswami left Times Now and co-founded his own channel, Republic TV, which went live in 2017. During all these years, Arnab Goswami experienced a series of ups and downs in his professional life, but it was his wife, Samyabrata Ray Goswami, who supported him at every step of his journey. Thus, today we are going to talk about the lesser-known wife of one of India's biggest names in the media and journalism industry.
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Arnab Goswami's wife, Samyabrata Ray Goswami also belongs to the media industry. She started her career as a print media journalist for renowned publications like Anand Bazaar Patrika, Tehelka, Down to Earth. Samyabrata's career took a massive jump when she joined ANI as a producer in 1998 and worked there for 6-long-years. It was in 2005 when Sanyabrata joined the ABP Group and worked there for 11 years from 2005 to 2016.
Samyabrata Ray Goswami joined Republic TV back in 2016 and since then she has been a part of the media channel. As of now, she is the news producer and co-owner of Republic Media Network, which is worth crores. According to a report in Financial Express, Republic Media Network is estimated worth is around Rs. 1200 crores.
It's incredible how Arnab and Samyabrata have taken Republic Media Network to such a mammoth number in just 8 years. However, it wasn't a cakewalk for the couple, as they faced many controversies and allegations. For instance, back in April 2020, Arnab and Samyabrata were attacked by a few people while they were driving back home. According to Arnab, the attackers were sent by the Congress party after he criticised Sonia Gandhi.
Despite all these ups and downs in their journey, Arnab Goswami and Samyabrata Ray Goswami are pumped to take their Republic Media Network to a notch higher. For the uninitiated, Arnab and Samyabrata are extremely private people, which is why the exact date or year of their wedding isn't available in the public domain. However, it is a well-known fact that Arnab and Samyabrata are parents to a young boy named Che Goswami.
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Right from an early age, Arnab Goswami was lucky to be surrounded by people, who added something valuable to his life. Whether we talk about his wife, Samyabrata Ray Goswami or his family and relatives, most of them have some sort of valuable contribution to his life in the form of values and feedback. Born on March 7, 1973, in Guwahati, Assam, Arnab grew up in a military family, as his father, Manoranjan Goswami was a Retired Colonel of the Indian Army. Right from an early age, he knew the power of living a disciplined life and had that feeling of doing something for the country in his mind.
Not only his father but a series of people introduced politics, the judiciary system, and other major aspects of a nation to him. For the unversed, Arnab Goswami's mother, Suprabha Goswami is an author, while his paternal grandfather, Rajani Kanta Goswami was a lawyer, and his maternal grandfather, Gaurisankar Bhattacharyya served as the Leader of the Opposition in Assam. Well, the list of family members having a history in Indian politics doesn't end here as Arnab's maternal uncle, Siddhartha Bhattacharya is also a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly.
With most of his family members contributing to the country, writings were on the walls that Arnab Goswami was also going to follow their path. However, he neither joined a political party nor had any interest in getting into the judiciary. Instead, he dedicated his life to improving the fourth pillar of democracy, media. Has he done good or bad for the Indian media? Well, the table is open for discussion, but he deserves his share of applause for being one of the most recognised media personalities in India.
What are your thoughts on Arnab Goswami's wife, Samyabrata Ray Goswami and the way she always stood with him like a true life partner? Let us know.
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