Raghav Bahl's mobile news platform TheQuint.com goes live

The service is expected to be subsequently rolled out across platforms.

TheQuint.com, a mobile-first news service, launched by media entrepreneur Raghav Bahl's Quintillion Media has gone live. The service is expected to be subsequently rolled out across platforms. Bahl, founder and managing director of Network18 Group until its acquisition by Reliance Group, ventured into the digital news domain by launching the digital media company Quintillion Media last year.

Announcing the launch of the platform, an official video titled 'The Making of TheQuint' takes the viewer through the journey behind the launch of the platform.

"TheQuint will be mobile-first, algorithmic, digital hand-held news," says Bahl.

The company has been posting stories and videos on its social media platforms (
Facebook
and
Twitter
), since January this year. The content is a mix of text stories and videos, both original and sourced from wires.

TheQuint's team comprises professionals from editorial, marketing and brand management. Former features editor of Network 18 Ritu Kapur, former Firstpost columnist Sanjit Oberoi and Roshan Tamang, former VP, (Convergence) and news editor, Times Internet, are among the senior members in the team.

Besides Quint.com, Quintillion Media has already launched a digital publishing and analytics service called Quintype. The company is based in San Francisco and has Amit Rathore as the CEO and chief product officer. Rathore was earlier heading Staples's Innovation Labs in California.

Bahl quit Network18 in May 2014 following Reliance Industries acquiring a controlling stake in the company. Bahl began his career as a management consultant with A F Ferguson & Co. followed by a stint with American Express Bank, before he launched TV18, his production house. Winner of the Sanskriti Award for Journalism in 1994, he has over 24 years of experience in television and journalism. He founded TV18 (now Network18 Group) in the year 1993.