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The Morning Context
Available inEnglish
Founded2019
Founder(s)Ashish K. Mishra, Priya Bubna , Pradip K. Saha, Harveen Ahluwalia, Saif Iqbal, Pranav S, Irshad Daftari
URLthemorningcontext.com

The Morning Context is a subscription-based business publication headquartered in the United Kingdom. The Morning Context publishes detailed stories on startups, large businesses, and economic and current affairs.[1]

History and Funding

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Ashish K. Mishra is the Editor-in-chief of the publication. He was earlier the co-founder and Managing Editor of The Ken.[2] The Morning Context was founded by a team of business journalists in 2019.[1]

Pradip K. Saha, a co-founder of The Morning Context has also authored The Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech For a Ride.[3][4] It is a best-selling book on the rise and fall of Byju’s, once India’s largest education technology company, based on his experiences covering Byju’s for the publication.

MDIF Ventures, Media Development Investment Fund’s $1 million fund investing in young media companies has invested in the company.[5][6]

The Morning Context has raised grant funding from Rainmatter Foundation for climate reporting[7][8] In 2020, it was selected as one of the recipients of the 2020 Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge for the Asia Pacific Region.[9][10][11]

The Morning Context’s research has been quoted by several international publications, including Bloomberg, Financial Times,[12] the BBC[13][14], and Hindenburg Research.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Former journalists at The Ken launch subscription-only publication 'The Morning Context'". Entrackr. September 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Managing Editor". The Ken.
  3. ^ Porecha, Maitri. "The story of the year: the big Byju's exposé". The Hindu.
  4. ^ Saha, Pradip K. (2024). The Learning Trap: How Byju's Took Indian Edtech for a Ride. Juggernaut Books. ISBN 9789353452322.
  5. ^ Bubna, Priya (December 15, 2021). "The Morning Context raises funding from MDIF". The Morning Context.
  6. ^ "MDIF Ventures invests in startups The Morning Context and Datasketch". MDIF. 14 December 2021.
  7. ^ Bubna, Priya (April 12, 2021). "The Morning Context announces funding from Rainmatter Foundation". The Morning Context.
  8. ^ "Messaging is a Climate Change Solution". Rainmatter. 13 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Four media organisations from India selected in the second round of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge". Newslaundry.
  10. ^ "Selected Projects". Google News Initiative.
  11. ^ Singh, Manish. "Google gives $2.3M to 18 news organizations in Asia Pacific". TechCrunch.
  12. ^ Reed, John. "The battle for succession". The Financial Times.
  13. ^ "Will the ECB unstick the Eurozone?". BBC. June 6, 2024.
  14. ^ Inamdar, Nikhil (December 7, 2021). "Byju's and the other side of an edtech giant's dizzying rise". BBC.
  15. ^ "Adani Group: How The World's 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History". Hindenburg Research. January 24, 2023.
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