ScoopWhoop

ScoopWhoop Media
Type of businessPrivately held company
Type of site
News & Entertainment
Available inEnglish, Hindi
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Headquarters,
India
Created bySattvik Mishra
Rishi Pratim Mukherjee
Sriparna Tikekar
Debarshi Banerjee
Saransh Singh
Suparn Pandey
Key peopleSattvik Mishra(CEO)
Sriparna Tikekar(CCO)
Shivam Singh
URLwww.scoopwhoop.com
AdvertisingNative
RegistrationOptional
Current statusActive

ScoopWhoop Media is an Indian digital media company based in New Delhi. It operates various online content verticals and serves as a news organisation featuring web series, documentaries and current affairs reporting with a focus on video production and primarily catering to adolescents and young adults. It also features other infotainment and entertainment content.[1][2]

The company was co-founded by Sattvik Mishra, Rishi Pratim Mukherjee, Sriparna Tikekar, Saransh Singh, Suparn Pandey and Debarshi Banerjee in 2013.[3] Initially started as an Indian viral content generating and sharing website and described as a BuzzFeed clone, it has since expanded into a news media company competing with the likes of The Times Group, Dainik Jagran and NDTV on the digital platform.[2][4]

  1. ^ Walia, Shelly; Ghoshal, Devjyot (25 May 2015). "Now ScoopWhoop wants to become India's Buzzfeed+Vice (+Vox)". Quartz India.
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  3. ^ Sharma, Arnav Das (1 December 2017). "Diminishing Returns : ScoopWhoop's unending list of troubles". The Caravan. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).