{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/649dc92a961fa70011e4e5d2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reporters Without Orders Ep 277: Vinod Tomar still at WFI office, ABP layoffs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/1645827487952-8062f152f24638e2b8fc1418bed6ee64.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by <em>Newslaundry</em>’s Avdhesh Kumar and Sumedha Mittal.</p><p><br></p><p>Avdhesh reported on the <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/06/27/old-guard-scapegoated-by-new-team-47-job-cuts-at-abp-news-two-channels-shut-down\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">layoffs at <em>ABP News</em></a> this week, with nearly 47 employees losing their jobs. He explains how the company was “unprofessional” and things turned upside down after Sant Prasad Rai became senior vice president (news and production).</p><p><br></p><p>Sumedha <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/06/28/netaji-trusts-me-named-in-fir-brij-bhushan-aide-still-at-wfi-office-despite-suspension\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported on Vinod Tomar</a>, the suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India. She says he’s still seemingly at work at the WFI office, and how he’s a close aide of Brij Bhushan Singh.</p><p><br></p><p>Tune in.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p>00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:03:32 - Vinod Tomar</p><p>00:10:34 - ABP layoffs</p><p>00:34:13 - Recommendations</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Avdhesh</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cd2zzymgdvvt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Titanic submersible accident</a></p><p><strong>Sumedha</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a638/frank-sinatra-has-a-cold-gay-talese/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Sinatra Has a Cold</a></p><p><strong>Basant</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://caravanmagazine.in/law/ed-political-tool\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Enforcers How the ED became a political tool</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Produced by Tehreem Roshan and Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Samrendra K Dash.</em></strong></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}