The Ken

The Ken is an Indian business news website based out of Bangalore, India.[1] It was launched in 2016 as a premium subscriber-only platform that publishes one article per day.[2][3] Till 2018, the website raised ₹4.46 crore (US$630,000) and in 2018, it raised ₹10.32 crore (US$1.4 million) from several investors including the Omidyar Network.[4][5] Its founders include Rohin Dharmakumar, Seema Singh and Ashish Mishra. PayTM founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an investor.

After leaving The Ken, Ashish Mishra started a rival online publication called The Morning Context. The Ken has filed a lawsuit against Mishra. The Ken responded to a defamation notice from The Morning Context.[6]

See also

References
  1. Russel, John (10 March 2017). "The Ken wants to fix business journalism in India with a subscription model". TechCrunch. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. Wang, Shan (14 June 2017). "India's The Ken publishes one longform story each weekday. So far, subscribers are willing to pay". Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. Bansal, Shuchi (27 October 2016). "The big digital paywall question". Mint. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. Khatri, Bhumika (18 July 2018). "Subscription-Based News Company The Ken Raises $1.5 Mn". Inc42. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. Russel, Jon (18 July 2018). "The Ken raises $1.5M to grow its subscription journalism business in India". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. Rohin Dharmakumar (16 April 2020). "The Ken's Response to a "Defamation" Notice". Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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