Amol Rajan national newspaper when his "Independent" appointment was announced, although that claim has also been made on behalf of Rachel Beer. His predecessor as editor of "The Independent", Chris Blackhurst, became Group Content Director. When "The Independent" proprietor Evgeny Lebedev announced a move to digital-only in February 2016, with the imminent closure of the print edition, it emerged that Rajan would remain with the company to help facilitate the change in direction. His role as editor-at-large for "The Independent" website ended after he was appointed as the BBC's first Media Editor in November 2016, and he assumed his new post on
República (Nepalese newspaper) República (Nepalese newspaper) The República, is a national daily newspaper published by Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd. in Kathmandu, Nepal. Founded by now-resigned editor-in-chief Ameet Dhakal, the newspaper began its online edition on January 1, 2009 and the print edition on April 24, 2009. The "República" is the sister publication of the "Nagarik," a similar daily paper written in Nepali. Ameet Dhakal was the founding editor in chief of the newspaper but resigned in April 2012, whereupon Kosmos Biswakarma took over the editorship. Subhash Ghimire, a graduate from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2014, was appointed editor in chief