HT Media, which runs the dailies Hindustan Times, Mint, and Hindi Hindustan, and a host of digital and online properties, has appointed Sam Singh as the new group CEO from 1 March 2025. Singh replaces MD and CEO Praveen Someshwar, who has put in his papers effective 28 February 2025.
An alumnus of IIM Calcutta, Sameer Singh led TikTok’s North American ad sales in his last stint. He was also head of the Asia-Pacific region in a similar capacity. Singh joined ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, in 2019. Someshwar had joined HT Media in 2018 after a long tenure at PepsiCo, where he worked since 1994.
Media reports reported Someshwar as saying, “I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to lead this very talented team through a challenging transformative period of the last six years. We have future-proofed the organization by building robust digital businesses and strong native digital capability and nurturing back the print business to profitability after the impact of Covid. I will be proudly cheering, as the group achieves new highs across businesses.”
HT Media chairperson Shobhana Bhartia said in an internal mail, “Over the last six and a half years, Praveen has successfully led the organization, transforming our portfolio and guiding it through the difficult Covid period. He built a young, innovative, and strong tech/product team that has created robust, scalable, and sustainable digital businesses, thereby future-proofing the organization. Our legacy businesses of print and radio are now back to sustainable growth and margins,” she mentioned.
On Singh, Bhartia said, “He will be responsible for the overall strategic leadership of the company, formulating and implementing progressive strategic plans, driving growth, and providing effective leadership across the group. He will work closely with the Board.”
