Paperboy (mobile app)

Paperboy.com is India's first newspaper aggregating mobile and web platform launched by 18-year-old Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja in February 2016.[1][2] The company is headquartered in Bangalore, India. The app features around 450 newspapers and magazines in more than 18 languages, which are uploaded on a real-time basis, including Hindustan Times, India Today, Dainik Jagran and Reader's Digest.[3] It has applications available for iOS and Android, and is accessible from Paperboy's website.[4]

Paperboy
TypePrivate
IndustryMobile applications
Web applications
Mobile news
FoundedFebruary 2016
HeadquartersBangalore, India
Key people
Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja (Founder)

History

Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja came up with the idea while attending college in Bengaluru.[5] Wanting his classmates to be more aware of current events, he launched PaperBoy in February 2016 to deliver the news electronically in both web and app formats.[5]

After convincing publications to partner with him, he first launched the app in cities with larger youth populations.[5]

In 2017, the company had grown to 50 team members and the app had 12,000 downloads on Android and iOs.[6][5]

Awards

Paperboy was awarded the "Best Tech Aggregator" award by Franchise India and Entrepreneur magazine at the Startup Awards 2018 held in IIT Delhi.[7]

References
  1. ""Our primary focus is on Tier 2 & Tier 3 city readers" - PaperBoy.com". Estrade. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. "Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja - Author Biography". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  3. "Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja". Forbes. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. Sarkhel, Aritra. "20-year-old Kartik's Paperboy app to explore global markets – ETtech". The Economic Times.
  5. "20-yr-old Paperboy in town". Deccan Herald. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  6. "18-Year-Old Launches India's First Print Newspaper Aggregator - Paperboy". bwdisrupt.com. 24 August 2017.
  7. "startup awards 2018". Franchise India. Retrieved 13 July 2018.


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