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{{Short description|Indian online news website}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = The Print
| logo = ThePrint logo.png
| screenshot = ThePrint Screenshot 16 Sept 2021.png
| url = {{URL|https://theprint.in/}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[News media]]
| language = [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]]
| country_of_origin = [[India]]
| owner = Printline Media Pvt. Ltd.
| author = [[Shekhar Gupta]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|08}}
| revenue = Ads, subscription
}}

'''The Print''' is an Indian online newspaper, owned by Printline Media Pvt Ltd.<ref name="InCorp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tofler.in/printline-media-private-limited/company/U22130DL2016PTC306028|title=Printline Media Private Limited|website=www.tofler.in|access-date=2 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902033825/https://www.tofler.in/printline-media-private-limited/company/U22130DL2016PTC306028|url-status=live}}</ref> It was launched by journalist [[Shekhar Gupta]] in August 2017.<ref name="AA-20170717a">{{cite news|title=Shekhar Gupta's media venture gets big names on-board|url=http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/110717/shekhar-guptas-media-venture-gets-big-names-on-board.html|access-date=18 June 2018|work=[[The Asian Age]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180803/http://www.asianage.com/business/companies/110717/shekhar-guptas-media-venture-gets-big-names-on-board.html|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="financialexpress">{{cite news|title=ThePrint raises funding from corporate bigwigs Ratan Tata, Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Uday Kotak, others|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/theprint-raises-funding-from-corporate-bigwigs-ratan-tata-narayana-murthy-nandan-nilekani-uday-kotak-others/759296/|access-date=18 June 2018|work=[[The Indian Express]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620180929/https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/theprint-raises-funding-from-corporate-bigwigs-ratan-tata-narayana-murthy-nandan-nilekani-uday-kotak-others/759296/|archive-date=20 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Printline Media Pvt. Ltd, founded by journalist [[Shekhar Gupta]],<ref name="AA-20170717a"/> was incorporated in [[New Delhi]], [[India]] in 16th of September 2016.<ref name="InCorp"/>

ThePrint is noted for focusing on politics and policy.<ref name="CNN-20180404"">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/03/asia/india-fake-news-intl/index.html|title=India makes U-turn after proposing to punish 'fake news' publishers|last1=Pokharel|first1=Sugam|access-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422163649/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/03/asia/india-fake-news-intl/index.html|archive-date=22 April 2018|publisher=CNN|last2=Berlinger|first2=Joshua|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The venture is associated with the ''Off the Cuff'' programme that is broadcast on {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Aaj Tak]]|italic=no}} and promoted on ThePrint's YouTube and Facebook channels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-2017/speakers/shekhar-gupta/articleshow/61117722.cms|title=Shekhar Gupta|access-date=2 September 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190902085712/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/litfest/litfest-2017/speakers/shekhar-gupta/articleshow/61117722.cms|archive-date=2 September 2019|website=The Times of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In May 2017, It has received an undisclosed amount of funding from [[N.R. Narayana Murthy]], [[Nandan Nilekani]], [[Ratan Tata]], [[Kiran Mazumdar Shaw]], Uday Kotak, [[Vijay Shekhar Sharma]], Rajiv C. Mody, Ravi Thakran, [[Bhavish Aggarwal]], [[Nirmal Jain]], [[R. Venkatraman]], Karan Bhagat and Yatin Shah.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wZvHR4E6sGu9n6Q76kJGQI/Shekhar-Guptas-The-Print-raises-funds-from-Ratan-Tata-Nand.html|title=Shekhar Gupta's The Print raises funds from Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani, Uday Kotak|last1=Bansal|first1=Shuchi|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|access-date=18 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181157/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/wZvHR4E6sGu9n6Q76kJGQI/Shekhar-Guptas-The-Print-raises-funds-from-Ratan-Tata-Nand.html|archive-date=20 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/printline-media-gets-funding/article19259075.ece|title=Printline Media gets funding|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=18 June 2018|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302094534/https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/printline-media-gets-funding/article19259075.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/theprint-raises-funding-from-tata-narayana-murthy-others/1096729|title=ThePrint raises funding from Tata, Narayana Murthy, others|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=18 June 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620203728/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/theprint-raises-funding-from-tata-narayana-murthy-others/1096729|archive-date=20 June 2018}}</ref>

Gupta, as his position in editor-in-chief, in a letter to readers stated the mission of the ThePrint was to be "factual and liberal".<ref name="TheLetter">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/letter-editor-chief/|title=Letter from the Editor-in-Chief|last=Gupta|first=Shekhar|website=ThePrint|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065629/https://theprint.in/letter-editor-chief/|archive-date=14 May 2018|access-date=2 September 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ThePrint has claimed to commit to its code of ethics for journalists which it has published on its website.<ref name="TP-about">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/about-us/|title=About – ThePrint|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826194311/https://theprint.in/about-us/|archive-date=26 August 2019|access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="TP-ethics">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/code-of-ethics/|title=Code Of Ethics – ThePrint|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616234544/https://theprint.in/code-of-ethics/|archive-date=16 June 2018|access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref>

== Products ==

=== Website ===
ThePrint, being a new media digital platform primarily publishes its news stories on its website with majority of coverage in the [[English language]]. The platform additionally has a [[Hindi language]] edition of the website as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ThePrint Hindi - Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, हिंदी न्यूज़, India, राजनीति, देश, विदेश, मत-विमत {{!}} दिप्रिंट हिंदी|url=https://hindi.theprint.in/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=ThePrint Hindi|language=en-US|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919135343/https://hindi.theprint.in/|url-status=live}}</ref> The news coverage is divided into factual news reporting and opinion pieces.

==== Subscription ====
The website is primarily supported by digital ad revenue, however it allows one time donations and recurring subscription from patrons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Support Our Journalism – ThePrint|url=https://theprint.in/subscribe/|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909144858/https://theprint.in/subscribe/|archive-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> Subscription is open to both local and international audience in both local currency(INR) and USD. The subscriptions are voluntary and all the coverage is open to non subscribers as well.

==== Off The Cuff ====
Off The Cuff is a series of candid talk shows organized in collaboration with {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Aaj Tak]]|italic=no}} and launched in February 2016, though recent editions have been online only editions hosted by ThePrint alone.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Off The Cuff – ThePrint|url=https://theprint.in/off-the-cuff/|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909043205/https://theprint.in/off-the-cuff/|archive-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> It hosts prominent personalities from across the spectrum in engaging conversations, some of its prominent guests being [[Amish Tripathi]], [[Gita Gopinath]], [[Martin Wolf]] and [[Francis Fukuyama]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Off The Cuff|url=https://theprint.in/off-the-cuff/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|archive-date=9 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909043205/https://theprint.in/off-the-cuff/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://theprint.in/}}

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