Founder Arunabh Kumar has vetoed an investment attempt by Times Internet and is now plotting his comeback three years after a sexual misconduct scandal.
Arunabh Kumar is making a comeback to The Viral Fever. It has been about three years since the founder of one of the edgiest content creators in India had resigned over sexual misconduct allegations. In this time, Kumar has largely stayed away from TVF’s day-to-day operations and let a team of his trusted executives run the show. Until just a few days ago, when Kumar intervened and blocked an investment offer from Times Internet, the digital arm of Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd, one of the largest media houses in India.
In a story published in February, we had written …
Harveen is a co-founder at The Morning Context, and leads our Internet coverage, overseeing a team of reporters writing on startups and tech. She has previously worked as a media, consumer and tech reporter at The Ken and Mint. At The Morning Context, she writes on startups, venture capital, consumer and media businesses—from e-commerce to healthtech to streaming.
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