Who’s surfing Malaysia’s broken news wave?
A quest for influence and profitability, or just pure stupidity?
Since it’s Monday, I’m going with something light. And, as promised, I’m back to bread-and-butter Malaysia.
Today’s newsletter takes a look at new media, a domain much loved by our good ol’ venture capitalists.
I’ll start with the latest overture by investor Khailee Ng — yes, there’s more than Lumi News — before turning to Newswav, perhaps one of the earliest aggregators to court VC money, and a short analysis.
(🎁 Bonus: there’s an Umno-linked media orbit map in the story.)
First, the BIG announcement: subscription prices for The Malaysianist go up on October 1.
Read more here 👇🏾
So, if you want to lock in an annual or founding member subscription at current prices, this is actually the best time to do so.
You’re reading a paid version of The Malaysianist, a newsletter on money and power by writer and journalist Emmanuel Samarathisa.
I run monthly and annual subscriptions. There’s also the atas or founding member tier where you get all the perks of an annual subscription and more, such as an annual or founder’s report and insight into how this little corner of the internet fared throughout the year.
💡 The founding member tier is a sliding one, meaning it starts at US$60/year and you can raise it as high as you want — in case you want to give more, which I welcome anytime.
