The News Minute
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Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Vignesh Vellore |
Country of origin | India |
Headquarters location | Bengaluru |
Official website | www |
The News Minute is an Indian digital news platform based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded by Vignesh Vellore who is also the current CEO in 2014. Apart from Karnataka, it also has bureaus in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[1]
History
In a December 2015 interview with Sadhana Chathurvedula of Mint, Vignesh Vellore mentioned that the website has currently hired 12 people to work in it. The News Minute had secured an undisclosed amount of funding from Raghav Bahl's company. They raised second round of undisclosed amount in 2019. It plans to use those funds to hire more reporters and editors as well as expand its coverage.[2] Vignesh Vellore stated that The News Minute aims to make use of User interface (UI) "so as to keep the audience more engaged with the content we publish."[3]
Notable people
- Dhanya Rajendran — Editor-in-chief and co-founder of The News Minute. She was previously with Times Now and The New Indian Express.[4]
- Chitra Subramaniam — Former editor for The Hindu, known for her investigations on the Bofors scandal.[5] She is also an Editorial Adviser for Republic TV.[6]
References
- ^ "About Us". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Chathurvedula, Sadhana (18 December 2015). "The News Minute raises angel funding from Quintillion Media". Mint. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ Vikas, S. N. (18 December 2015). "The News Minute secures angel funding from Quintillion Media". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Smt. Dhanya Rajendran – Namma Bengaluru Awards". Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Chaudhry, Lakshmi (26 April 2012). "Chitra Subramaniam and Bofors: The myth of the lone crusader". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Chitra Subramaniam joins Republic TV". Rediff.com. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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