Newshunt e-book platform partners with Graphic India to launch digital comics' section

Majority of the comics will be made free for users of the app and supported through advertising

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BS Reporter Bengaluru
Last Updated : Jun 04 2015 | 3:47 PM IST
In order to expand their offering in the country, news and e-books app Newshunt announced it had partnered with Graphic India to launch digital comic section on its mobile app.

The partnership will bring hundreds of Graphic India’s digital comics to mobile devices across English, Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam and other local languages. Majority of the comics will be made free for users of Newshunt and supported through advertising.

Newshunt, flagship product of Verse Innovation, has about 20 million active users a month and more than 3 billion page views a month. Graphic India focuses on creating characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms. It offers news from more than 100 news sources in 12 languages.

Graphic India is a character entertainment company focused on creating leading characters, comics and stories through mobile and digital platforms.

"Graphic India's groundbreaking digital comics and creative content makes them the perfect partner to help Newshunt aggressively scale this new segment on our platform,” said Vishal Anand, Chief Product Officer of Newshunt.

“This amazing partnership with Newshunt will allow us to build a passionate community of superhero, sci-fi and mythology fans through Graphic’s content and characters. To help spark this new comic-culture in India, we will be giving away daily digital comics for free to NewsHunt users across all major Indian languages, reaching millions through mobile phone,” said Sharad Devarajan, CEO & Co-Founder of Graphic India.
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First Published: Jun 04 2015 | 3:44 PM IST

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