Nazeem Howa: new kid on the block at The New Age
18 Nov 2010
There's still no news about when The New Age will be rolling off the presses. But with the appointment of Nazeem Howa as chief executive of TNA Media, the company is at least making progress in filling key positions. If his optimism is well-founded, we shouldn't have too much longer to wait before paper hits the newsstands.
A former Independent News and Media executive director, Howa will take his time and enjoy what he calls "gardening leave" during December 2010 before joining the effort to finally get The New Age show on the road from the beginning of January 2011.
It wasn't love at first sight, and Howa took a while to become a Gupta good-news convert, but he says he's now sold on The New Age's philosophy. "I was very slow in agreeing to join the team, but now that I am on board I cannot wait to be part of this project," he says.
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