The News Minute

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The News Minute
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Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
FounderVignesh Vellore
Country of origin India
Headquarters location Bengaluru
Official website www.thenewsminute.com

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]

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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]

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