The Ken

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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$590,000) 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, Sumanth Raghavendra 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]

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  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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