India Today Group Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie delivered a keynote address on the resilience and reinvention of the print and news industry at FICCI Frames 2025. From credibility to convergence, his speech explored how journalism is adapting and thriving in a digital-first era.

Here's his full speech:

Good morning,

It’s a privilege to be here at FICCI Frames, among the most influential minds and creators shaping India’s vast media and entertainment landscape.

At the end of this year, I will have been in the media business for 50 years.

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And if there is one lesson I have learned over the past five decades, it is this: disruption never ends. In fact, disruption is the only constant.

I began with a print magazine called India Today, which at its peak had a readership of 5 million. We now have four 24-hour news channels and 60 robust digital, mobile and social media entities.

Today, the India Today Group’s combined media reach spans 750 million viewers, readers, followers, fans and subscribers. And India’s first AI news anchor called ‘SANA’ who is growing in capability day by day.

As you can see, each disruption created a new opportunity.

In my years, I have seen disruption come in waves, each one more powerful than the last.

Each wave has intensified the competition for two things: the audience's attention and the advertiser's rupee.

But beneath all the technological disruption lies a deepe