The Ken

The Ken

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About this app

Experience powerful business journalism that connects the dots with The Ken, Asia’s pioneering media publication. Read deeply reported, original stories, immersive podcasts, rich infographics, and sharp newsletters from some of the best reporters and writers in the region, to understand not just the news, but why it’s happening and what comes next.

Go ahead and subscribe to our top-rate app. You’ll love it because it lets you:

Read our stories and newsletters on the go: Browse, search, and save stories and newsletters you want to read while you’re travelling, commuting, or on that flight, even without an active internet connection.

Never encounter a paywall once you have a subscription: Paywalled publications need you to be signed in all the time on your browser. On our mobile app, just login once, and it’s there all the time. We deep-link to our mobile app in all the emails we send, so this gives you a seamless experience.

Flip through stunning visual stories about businesses: Our infographics are as rich as the stories we write. If you are short on time, you can simply flip through our infographics and get the story. It’s perfect for those occasions when you want to visually understand businesses, without having to read longform articles.

Browse and read transcripts of our widely loved podcasts: A collection of original podcasts that cover the most interesting workplaces, careers, and business trends, along with candid conversations with founders and business leaders. Charting consistently on all major podcast platforms.

Interact with other subscribers: Our community comprises some of the sharpest and most ambitious CXOs, leaders, executives, and students. Read their comments, reply to them, and join the debate. All from your phone.

In addition, subscribers can gift and unlock stories for non-subscribers, and personalise their reading experience with features such as dark mode, adjustable font sizes, and much more.

Haven’t made up your mind?

No problem. You can still sign up and enjoy the free experience.

Subscription:

Access to The Ken requires a subscription. You can purchase a subscription to The Ken via our app. You can also sign up for free to experience our journalism and products.

What you get when you subscribe via our app:

- Complete access to all our products—stories, newsletters, visual stories, and podcasts
- Unlimited archive access
- Gift 10 premium stories per month and 5 subscriptions to your loved ones.
- 3 Concurrent Sessions per subscription
- Device access—Browser + App (Mobile + iPad)
- Priority access to new product offerings, community features, and events
- Daily morning emails and weekly recap emails
- Get alerts and notifications to stay updated

Payment and auto renewal terms:

If you subscribe to The Ken via this app, payment will be charged by Google to your PlayStore Account at confirmation of purchase.

Your subscription will get automatically renewed unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To cancel, please turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your PlayStore account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Terms of Use:

Privacy Policy - The Ken : https://the-ken.com/privacy-policy/
Terms and Conditions - The Ken : https://the-ken.com/terms-and-conditions/
Playstore Terms and Conditions:
https://play.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/play-terms/index.html

If you have any questions or feedback, just email [e-mail].

Ratings and reviews

Please provide with forward 15s and rewind 15s buttons on the lock screen widget. (see Spotify controls there). I listen to this while driving and if I miss something by chance, it is a huge hassle to unlock my screen, go into the app and then rewind. I'm sure there are more people like me.

Been using your app, the articles are insightful though journalism is biased, recent success looks like its gone to your head and now you dont bother about repeat users. the process of renewing subscription is pathetic for repeat users we compulsorily upgrade and do auto pay and then the app says subscription not renewed though money is debited and you give an email id from which there is no revert to queries, money gone, am stuck and no revert from you all, this is robbery in broad daylight

The stories and all are no doubt too good but the app experience has been very bad to say the least. It keeps crashing, automatically redirects to browser and opens multiple pages when clicked on a story. Please fix the bugs and crashes to make the user experience worth the time. The issue has started again!

What’s new

You can now gift individual newsletter issues directly from the share button — the same way you'd gift a story. If there's an edition you think someone outside The Ken would find valuable, this is the easiest way to get it to them.