The News Lens (TNL) is an independent digital media based in Taiwan,[1] founded by Joey Chung and Mario Yang in 2013, with multilingual versions in Chinese, English and Japanese.
As of 2018, The News Lens had significantly fewer readers in Taiwan than the top local outlets like Apple Daily, Sanlih, or Dongsen, which led it to expand its readership to reach other places such as Hong Kong, the United States and Southeast Asia.
[4][5] By July 2020, following a series of acquisitions, TNL Media Group successfully expanded into data analytics and advertising technology fields.
The following month, it announced its new company name as TNL Mediagene [zh] and declared its intention to list on the NASDAQ in the United States in 2024.
[8] The existing high-profile investors include North Base Media, a firm created by Marcus Brauchli and Sasa Vucinic;[9] 500 Startups; Palm Drive Capital;[10] YouTube co-founder Steve Chen; and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin.