News has embarked on a new journey< Br > < div class = "height" > < / div > on August 8, the news that just celebrated the 8th birthday announced that the round B financing was officially completed: Shanghai Cultural Industry Development Investment Fund (hereinafter referred to as “the above investment”) made an exclusive strategic investment of 400 million yuan to increase the capital of Shanghai Oriental newspaper Co., Ltd., the news operator. After the capital increase is completed, the above investment will become the second largest shareholder of the news< Br > < div class = "height" > < / div > at a time when the development of media integration and transformation has entered the deep-water area and faces many challenges, the arrival of news financing is of great significance< Br > < div class = "height" > < / div > “completing round B financing and obtaining financial support will enable us to further accelerate the business layout. More importantly, the entry of the above-mentioned investment in market-oriented operation is of great significance to further deepen the reform and move forward again.” Recently, Liu Yonggang, President and chief editor of the news, introduced in an exclusive interview with reporters that the comprehensive effect brought by financing “is a more profound, long-term and self driving force of change than capital”< IMG ALT = "news president and Chief Editor Liu Yonggang" style = "width: 600px;" src=" https://imagecloud.thepaper.cn/thepaper/image/210/252/752.jpg ">
Liu Yonggang, President and chief editor of news < / P >” the successful financing of news is also a major positive incentive for the media industry. ” Liu Yonggang said that he hoped that the successful financing would help further expand the business model and constantly open the ceiling of realizable value. News will always be based on creating a new mainstream Internet media with global influence, and will continue to improve and strengthen the whole chain content ecosystem service provider and better digital life enabler< Br > < div class = "height" > < / div > as the pioneer of media integration, transformation and development, the news was officially launched on July 22, 2014. Over the past eight years, news has been iterating continuously, and has always been the leader of the integration and transformation of domestic media. In terms of communication power, influence and other indicators, it has steadily occupied the leading position of domestic mainstream media< Br > < div class = "height" > < / div > Why did the news conduct round B financing at this time? After the successful financing, where will the news go and how will it change in the future? Media convergence has entered a wall breaking period. Where is the new momentum? Let’s look at Liu Yonggang’s answer< br>