13-670: The Logic is a subscription-based Canadian news outlet focused on the "innovation economy," which has been compared to The Information . The website was founded in June 2018 by David Skok, who was previously associate editor for Toronto Star , managing editor and vice-president of digital for the Boston Globe , and director of digital for Global News . When the website was first launched, Moira Weigel, co-founder and editor of Logic, an American technology magazine launched in March 2017, took issue with
26-524: Is a Beijing -based venture capital firm founded in 2011. It was founded by Lei Jun (the founder and CEO of Xiaomi ) and Tuck Lye Koh. The firm focuses on investing in the technology sector in China as well as other countries such as India and Indonesia . According to South China Morning Post , from January 2019 to May 2020, it was the ninth most active venture capital firm in China. Shunwei Capital
39-670: The company operates an Asia bureau headed by Shai Oster in Hong Kong . The company held an international networking event 2016 in Beijing , where annual subscribers met with leaders from Asian companies such as electronics company Xiaomi , venture capital firm Shunwei Capital , and investment management firm Hillhouse Capital Group . The publication focuses on in-depth, data-driven analysis and exclusive investigative stories. Forbes reported that stories reported in The Information led to
52-402: The firm in telecommunications , digital media , video games , Rural Internet , and financial technology sectors. The company's notable investments include ByteDance , Kuaishou , Shein , Nio , IQIYI , Xpeng Motors , Kanzhun Limited , Webull and CloudWalk Technology . Non-Chinese investments include Koo and Zomato . However due to tensions between China and India resulting from
65-572: The news outlets subscriptions. The Information (company) The Information , legally the Lessin Media Company , is an American technology industry –focused business publication headquartered in San Francisco . Founded in 2013 by journalist Jessica Lessin , the publication publishes content behind a paywall that allows subscribers access to the site and access to global networking events. Lessin has stated that she aims to "build
78-649: The next Wall Street Journal over the next 50 years" with the publication. Jessica Lessin , a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal , founded The Information as a subscription-based news website marketed to technology-sector executives in December 2013. She hired reporter Eric Newcomer as its first employee in 2014. Lessin later formed an advisory board which included venture capitalist John Doerr , Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei , and ProPublica executive chairman Paul Steiger . Lessin has stated that she wants The Information to eventually reach
91-492: The point where it is spending more than either The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times , and stated "Our ambition isn't to build a subscription business — our goal is to build the most impactful news organization for the next century". In February 2020, the company announced a partnership with Bloomberg Media , enabling customers to purchase a year-long joint bundle. The Financial Times reported in November 2021 that
104-590: The publication as well as worldwide networking events. In October 2016, it was announced that a student edition and Investor level would be added to the subscription levels. An Investor subscription includes private monthly conference calls and in-person briefings with the reporting team. In July 2022, it was reported that Lessin intends for The Information to launch a social networking service for subscribers, stating that platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn have grown too large to be able to curate strong connections. In addition to its San Francisco headquarters,
117-432: The publication has 225,000 "users", a figure that includes subscribers and individuals who have signed up for newsletters. As of 2022, the publication has 45,000 paid subscribers. In 2023, the publication launched a new subscription service for charts, proprietary data and, reader surveys. The service will be geared towards C-suite professionals. Basic subscriptions for The Information provide readers access to both
130-671: The publication's reader base work in financial services . In 2022, The Information published an exclusive report detailing the issues faced by Apple during the development of the Apple electric car project . The report revealed that senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi is skeptical of the project's viability, and that one of the vehicles came close to hitting a pedestrian without human intervention. Vanity Fair included The Information on its 2014 New Establishment list. Shunwei Capital Shunwei Capital ( Chinese : 順為資本 ; pinyin : Shùnwèi zīběn )
143-567: The similarity of the names. The Logic has reported extensively on business in Canada, most notably reporting on Sidewalk Labs and their Waterfront Toronto project. Their reporting is paywalled, and requires a subscription starting at $ 300. In May 2019, Postmedia acquired a minor stake in The Logic, and began to republish stories on the Financial Post's website and newspaper, along with advertising
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#1732844292629156-632: The site contributing to over $ 97 billion worth of brokered industry deals since its founding. In April 2017, The Information announced the launch of Briefing, a new feature to the site consisting of a list of daily headlines with commentary on articles from other news sources. In December 2019, the company launched 'The Tech Top 10', a basic, consumer-focused offering. In 2021, the company launched The Electric , its first standalone subscription publication, which focuses on electric vehicle news. Lessin has indicated that The Information plans to expand its coverage into financial news, and that one third of
169-516: Was founded in 2011 by Lei Jun and Tuck Lye Koh. Lei was previously the CEO of Kingsoft until 2007, as well as founder of Xiaomi in 2010. Meanwhile, Koh was a Singaporean who worked in China for GIC and C.V. Starr Investment Advisors dealing with technology investments. The firm provides growth capital to internet and technology companies mainly in China but also in other countries such as India and Indonesia . Investments have been made by
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