The Print is an Indian

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, owned by Printline Media Pvt Ltd. It was launched by

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Shekhar Gupta Shekhar Gupta (born 26 August 1957) is an Indian journalist and author. He is the founder and the current editor-in-chief of ''ThePrint''. He is also a columnist for the ''Business Standard'' and pens a weekly column which appears every Saturda ...

in August 2017.

History

Printline Media Pvt. Ltd, founded by journalist

, was incorporated in

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on 16 September 2016. ThePrint is noted for focusing on politics and policy. The venture is associated with the ''Off the Cuff'' programme that is broadcast on and promoted on ThePrint's

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and

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channels. In May 2017, It has received an undisclosed amount of funding from N.R. Narayana Murthy,

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, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,

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, Rajiv C. Mody, Ravi Thakran, Bhavish Aggarwal, Nirmal Jain, R. Venkatraman, Karan Bhagat and Yatin Shah. Gupta, as his position in editor-in-chief, in a letter to readers stated the mission of the ThePrint was to be "factual and liberal". ThePrint has claimed to commit to its code of ethics for journalists which it has published on its website.

Products

Website

ThePrint, being a new media digital platform primarily publishes its news stories on its website with majority of coverage in the

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. The platform additionally has a

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edition of the website as well. The news coverage is divided into factual news reporting and opinion pieces.

Subscription

The website is primarily supported by digital ad revenue, however it allows one time donations and recurring subscription from patrons.

Off The Cuff

Off The Cuff is a series of candid talk shows organized in collaboration with and launched in February 2016, though recent editions have been online only editions hosted by ThePrint alone. It hosts prominent personalities from across the spectrum in engaging conversations, some of its prominent guests being Amish Tripathi,

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and

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