The News Lens

The News Lens 關鍵評論網
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatOnline
Founder(s)Joey Chung and Mario Yang
Founded2013 (11 years ago) (2013)
Political alignmentIndependent
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
Websitewww.thenewslens.com
The News Lens
Traditional Chinese關鍵評論網
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuānjiàn pínglùn wǎng

The News Lens (TNL) is an independent digital media based in Taiwan,[1] founded by Joey Chung and Mario Yang in 2013, with multilingual versions in Chinese, English and Japanese.[2] Since 2017, it has maintained content partnerships with other outlets such as Time and Fortune.[3] Article categories include politics, economics, technology, society, and more.

As of 2018, The News Lens had significantly fewer readers in Taiwan than the top local outlets like Apple Daily, Sanlih, or Dongsen, which led it to expand its readership to reach other places such as Hong Kong, the United States and Southeast Asia.[4][5]

By July 2020, following a series of acquisitions, TNL Media Group successfully expanded into data analytics and advertising technology fields.[6] In 2022, it was featured by Harvard Business School as a Case Study for Leadership & Managing People.[7] It has become one of the fastest-growing digital content and technology companies in the global Mandarin market. In May 2023, it acquired Mediagene, Japan's largest native digital media group, marking the first instance of a Taiwanese media company acquiring a foreign media entity. The following month, it announced its new company name as TNL Mediagene [zh] and declared its intention to list on the NASDAQ in the United States in 2024.

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  2. ^ 關鍵評論網 (2022-03-14). "關鍵評論網拓展日本據點 「The News Lens Japan」日文版正式上線". Cool3c [zh]. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  3. ^ Kevin McSpadden (2017-03-22). "Taiwanese news portal The News Lens raises Series B, plans to diversify content channels". Yahoo! News. Singapore: e27.co. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23.
  4. ^ ALAN SOON (March 16, 2018). "The News Lens in Taiwan is doing what media startups in the region hesitate to do — acquiring other sites". Nieman Lab.
  5. ^ JANE RICKARDS (2016-03-25). "Taiwan's Changing Media Landscape". American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  6. ^ Shu, Catherine (2020-07-29). "Taiwan-based TNL Media Group raises $8 million to build its publishing and data analytics businesses". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  7. ^ Laura Huang and Katie LaMattina (April 7, 2022). "TNL Media Group". Harvard Business Review.