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ThePrint

Indian center-right

Owned byPrintline Media Pvt. Ltd., controlled by founder and editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta, who holds approximately 99% of the company
FundingPrimarily digital advertising; supplemented by reader donations and subscriptions; raised roughly $20 million across seven funding rounds from approximately 26 prominent Indian investors including N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys), Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Uday Kotak, and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma; also received grants from the Independent and Public Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF), a public charitable trust
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

ThePrint was launched in August 2017 by Shekhar Gupta, one of India's most prominent journalists, previously editor-in-chief of The Indian Express and editor of Business Standard. The parent company, Printline Media Pvt. Ltd., was incorporated in New Delhi in September 2016. Before launch, it secured backing from a high-profile group of Indian business figures including N.R. Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, and Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, ultimately raising roughly $20 million across multiple rounds from about 26 investors, raising questions among some observers about whether it would scrutinize its own backers. The outlet publishes in English and Hindi, focusing on politics, policy, and analysis; Gupta also hosts a widely watched daily YouTube video series called Cut the Clutter. Media Bias/Fact Check rates ThePrint as right-center, noting its editorial positions tend to favor the ruling BJP and Prime Minister Modi, while rating its factual reporting as 'mostly factual.' Despite this, Hindu nationalist and Hindutva-aligned media have repeatedly labeled it 'leftist' or 'anti-Hindu,' reflecting its publication of opinion pieces that sometimes challenge right-wing religious nationalism. A notable controversy arose in April 2019 when a government enforcement agency charge-sheet named Gupta in the AgustaWestland helicopter bribery case, alleging a middleman had contacted him to soften critical coverage; Gupta strongly denied the claims. In June 2026, ThePrint faced a credibility setback after publishing a fabricated quote attributed to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos that originated from a parody social media account.

Sources

  1. ThePrint - Wikipedia
  2. The Print | Media Ownership Monitor
  3. Shekhar Gupta | Media Ownership Monitor
  4. ThePrint - Bias and Credibility - Media Bias/Fact Check
  5. Printline Media concludes first round funding with stellar list of investors
  6. India's most famous newspaperman Shekhar Gupta pivots to digital with The Print - Splice Media

Profile compiled 2026-07-17; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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