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Veteran digital news media executive Durga Raghunath has joined Google as Head, News Partnerships, India, according to her LinkedIn profile.
She joins the tech giant from Times Internet where she was the Digital Head, Times of India, Mirror Brands (Mumbai Mirror, Pune Mirror, Bangalore Mirror, and Ahmedabad Mirror) and Newspoint, Gadget Now, and ETimes.
Prior to joining Times Internet, she was SVP Growth at Zomato. She has also served as the CEO of Digital at The Indian Express. Durga was also the Co-Founder and CEO of Juggernaut Books.
In a career spanning almost a decade, Raghunath spent four years at Networks18 first as CEO of Network18 Digital/Web18 and then as Founder and CEO of Firstpost. She was the India Editor, Mobile, and New Digital Products at The Wall Street Journal for a year. Before that, she was GM/Managing Editor, Livemint.
With over two decades of experience, Raghunath’s expertise lies in digital media and commerce, product development, consumer technology, mobile experiences, and monetization of digital products via ads, daily transactions, and subscriptions.
She began her career in book publishing with HarperCollins in New York. She has an MBA from the Indian School of Business and a Publishing Degree from Columbia University.
