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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. It provides the digital natives with inclusive, in-depth, diverse, and highly influential content on international issues and local topics in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Japan. It has content partnerships with outlets such as BBC, Time, Fortune, DW, WIRED, Nippon.com, and Foreign Policy. Article categories include politics, economics, technology, society, life, and more.

The News Lens is part of TNL Media Group, one of the fastest-growing media, digital advertising, and data analytics platforms for the Asian market. The Group also owns several brands, including INSIDE, Sports Vision, Cool3c, every little d, Becoming Aces, Agent Movie, Ohsowow, and Business Yee.

From 2019 to 2021, through several mergers and acquisitions, TNL Media Group has successfully expanded into AI, big data, market research, and digital advertising technology fields.[2] It has become the fastest-growing digital content and technology company in the global Mandarin market. Taiwan's first media company to be selected for HBS Case Study.[3]

Investment

TNL Media Group has completed its series D financing.[4] The existing high-profile investors include North Base Media, a firm created by Marcus Brauchli and Sasa Vucinic;[5] 500 Startups; Palm Drive Capital;[6] YouTube co-founder Steve Chen; Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, and famed Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper.

Staff

The principal staff members are:

Co-founder/CEO: Joey Chung (鍾子偉), former president of Sanrio in China

Co-founder/CCO: Mario Yang (楊士範), former editor-in-chief of CNET Taiwan; senior editor of Business Weekly (Taiwan).

Director: Marcus Brauchli, former executive editor of The Washington Post; former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Advisory Director: Saša Vučinić, co-founder and former CEO and managing director of the Media Development Loan Fund.

Awards

  • In 2015, received World Young Readers Award[7] Brand Project Silver Award, issued by WAN-IFRA.
  • In 2017, received Silver Award for the Best Event Production & Marketing category and Bronze Award for the Best News Reporting category, issued by Agency & Advertiser Of the Year Award.
  • In 2017, received Bronze Award for the Best Life, Sports or Entertainment Website, issued by ADMA Awards.[8]
  • In 2017, received Excellence in Data Analytics, issued by Asia-Pacific Biggies Awards.[9]
  • In 2018, received Excellence in Use of Predictive Analytics, issued by Global Biggies Awards.[10]
  • In 2019, received Digital Content Honorable Mention, issued by Golden Tripod Award.
  • In 2020, received GNI Asia Pacific Innovation Challenge.[11]
  • In 2021, received Gold Award for the Best Data Visualisation category, issued by Digital Media Awards Asia.[12]
  • In 2022, featured in the Financial Times Asia-Pacific Top 500 High-Growth Companies 2022.[13]
  • In 2022, received Excellence in Audio Reporting Award, Excellence in Journalistic Innovation Honorable Mention and Excellence in Infographics Honorable Mention, issued by SOPA Award.[14]
  • In 2022, received First Place for the Feature Story category, issued by Journalist Impact Award.

References

  1. ^ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "TNL Media Group - Case - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  4. ^ Shu, Catherine (2013-12-27). "With Angel Funding From Top Media Veterans, The News Lens Wants To Reshape Journalism In Taiwan". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  5. ^ Sainul. "Taiwan's TNL Media Group ropes in Tim Draper as investor". e27. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  6. ^ "Taiwanese Media House TNL Media Group Picks Up US$8M Series D - Jumpstart Magazine". 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  7. ^ Staff, WAN-IFRA (2015-07-21). "World Young Reader Prizes: 5 takeaways from winning newsrooms". WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  8. ^ Awards, Asian Digital Media. "2017 Winners - Asian Digital Media Awards". 2017 Winners. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  9. ^ "BIGGIES Awards | Big Data for Media Conference". Big Data for Media. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  10. ^ admin. "Alliance Painting - Choose Our Top Rated Local® Painting Company In Colleyville". Alliance Painting. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  11. ^ "Selected Projects". Google News Initiative. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  12. ^ Awards, Asian Digital Media. "2021 Winners - Asian Digital Media Awards". 2021 Winners. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  13. ^ "FT ranking: Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2022". 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  14. ^ "Awards Finalists". SOPAwards. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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