Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Zainul Arifin Is NSTP's New Group Editor

Update on my earlier posting.

NSTP's Emedia chief Zainul Arifin is the group's new group editor.

Zainul, 47, is also a columnist in NST. He was Business Times editor and NST's business editor. He had also served as NST's New York correspondent.

He replaces NSTP group editor-in-chief Hishammudin Aun.

Meanwhile, former NST group editor Ahmad A Talib has been appointed the group's executive director.

Ahmad, 58, also blogs as Pahit Manis.

Read also Rocky Bru's A & Z.


24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Padan muka kau Hisham. Baru kau tahu macam mana rasa menganiaya orang

Anonymous said...

Rehman... bila kau nak belah. Kau kan orang berprinsip.

Anonymous said...

congrats to ahmad talib and zainul

so what happened to malaysian insider saying ahmad is out of the picture

liar liar pants on fire

hasnah said...

Aaah, divine retribution. ilove it...

alrawa said...

A Kadir Jasin tak ada can ke?

Tigerman said...

"where is Kalimuthu...opppp khalimullah"

NURAINA A SAMAD said...

alrawa,

AKJ ada can tapi beliau telah menolak "jemputan"....

YM said...

So, the one who's got something to write rather than had to write something got the job. Zainul's got the intellect. Hope he's got the temperament too. Anyway, the company should re-designate editorial COO as Editor as there's no more MM and BT. Then Zainul's Group Editor make sense.

nstman said...

Hey kadir Jasin, time to join your faithuful lacky Ahmad Talib and have fun in the NST while you can. These two clowns are sure to provide comic relief.

Unknown said...

Salam:

Tulah Hisham semasa di atas dulu kau pandang sebelah mata kawan-kawan lama kau yang sama-sama buat sports dulu.

Banyak bersabar je lah..

Anonymous said...

I might not have thought of him kindly then, but I am grateful to Ahmad Talib for helping to mould my career. Why am I telling you all this? Because Ahmad Talib and Zainul Arifin, both has consistently stamped their personality and character on the newspapers that they led.

Throughout, however, was their insistence on proper work ethics, discipline and promptness. Now, there was no dark plot to stop or abort, AAT and ZA this time. And, please no dark conspiracy against them. We enjoy the company with them, not the curry. The unique thing about AAT and ZA is when something happened to them, the incidents did not change their commitment to journalism as an agent of change by vigilantly maintaining their role in shaping public opinion. When I joint NSTP group in 1984, among others things I learn is the basics of journalism including news writing and reporting, newspaper operations, core knowledge, Press law and ethics, information technology, and typing skills.

Well, to AAT and ZA, wellcome back and listen - the importance is team work and preparation for the challenging but rewarding career in journalism. But remember, the paper not only suffered in the quality of its journalism. Intellectuals, particularly journalists, should be able to use their specialised talents to change people, much in the way managers use their skill as a tool to improve their organisations' performance. TQ

PakAli

Anonymous said...

Rehman

What were you doing in the smoking room??

he he he

Anonymous said...

NST EditoriaL needs a spring cleaning.


NST CLEANER

Anonymous said...

i dont know them both but anyone is better than hisham.. i went thru pahit manis blog. looks like he help people like orpahns and this karim guy..good luck!

shih

Anonymous said...

welcome back Datuk Ahmad Talib dan Zainul. Tolonglah pulihkan maruah kumpulan NST yang telah dilacurkan selama lebih 5 tahun.
Sebagai kakitangan NST kami tertekan dengan kongkongan Kalimilah/brandan menerusi badut2 mereka.

tq pm

Anonymous said...

Hope they can bring about credibility to a paper that is losing readership like crazy. I remember those days when NST was selling 500,000 papers a day. Now their circulation is slightly above 100K.

Anonymous said...

Zainul Ariffin is my college friend in MU circa 1979/1985.....we called him MAT LOLONG!!!

hei, this guy writes superb english....superb!.....and he loves, talk, walk, sing like BOB DYLAN!....

Yo! Bro!....Congratulations!....

Sincerely,
Aziz Tompok!

Anonymous said...

anon 8.35

when ever was nst selling 500,ooo copies u mad ah please lahhhhhhh

Anonymous said...

Boss...I only have one question. Any chance of you ever returning? That would be great..

Bald & Beautiful

AMD said...

To be fair to Hisham Aun..during his acceptance speech on being promoted to GEIC ..."from this moment I have to look for another job..". He just knew that his tenure will be a short one..so he is just making the best what he can...and the cycle will be repeated for sure..

Anonymous said...

NSTMAN,

U r
one hell of a brave guy! U must be so scared of kadir and Ahmad that's why u consistently not put your own name down! The malays have one word for it - PENGECUT!

JOE ex nst

DonCorleone said...

Congrats to AAT and ZA.

ZA pernah dinobat Wartawan Perak or something right?

Anyway, its time for some positive change on both NST and BH.

Tolonglah....

Anonymous said...

Boss...a little bird...no, actually a Big Bird gave me some good news today about your possible return. Can we start organising a party now or should we wait a lil longer??

Bald & Beautiful

INDUR HEDGE FUND said...

Congratulation ! Buat kerja kerana Allah SWT :), kita akan selamat.