News.mn

What News.mn does

News.mn is a privately held Mongolian digital news publisher founded in 2004 and headquartered in Ulaanbaatar, delivering news, analysis, and multimedia coverage across politics, economy, society, world affairs, sports, entertainment, and tabloid content. The platform is built on a WordPress-based web stack with native mobile applications for iOS and Android, and publishes in three languages: Mongolian (Cyrillic), English, and traditional Mongolian script. The audience is the Mongolian general public, with secondary reach to English-speaking readers and the Mongolian diaspora.

The product surface extends beyond core news into vertical-specific sub-brands (News Brand, Сэдэв 360, NewPlus, Цогц Мэдээ, Булангууд) and lifestyle utility modules including a real-time weather service, currency exchange rate tracker, and Eastern zodiac readings. International coverage is augmented through content syndication partnerships with CCTV (China Central Television) and RIA Novosti (Russia).

The business model is consumer-facing and ad-supported: news content is freely accessible to readers, with revenue likely derived from advertising and sponsored content placement. No pricing model, subscription tier, or disclosed financial figures are available. Ownership, management team, funding history, and revenue remain undisclosed in the source material, and the company operates without a known parent company or external investor backing.

Name

News.mn

Legal name

News.MN

Website

https://news.mn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

News.mn is a Mongolian digital news publisher based in Ulaanbaatar, operating since 2004, delivering multi-category news, analysis, and multimedia content in Mongolian, English, and traditional Mongolian script across web and mobile apps, monetized through advertising.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Media

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJADAA

National & General-Interest Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

SECONDARYMPAJADAB

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

SECONDARYMPAJADAG

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• Digital news media
• Online news publishing
• Multilingual news platform
• Mobile news applications
• Multimedia journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Ulaanbaatar

HQ country

Mongolia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

News.mn operates a digital news publishing platform that produces and distributes original and syndicated news, interviews, columns, and multimedia video content across politics, economy, society, world affairs, sports, entertainment, and lifestyle categories. The platform is delivered through a WordPress-based multilingual website (Mongolian Cyrillic, traditional Mongolian script, and English) and companion native iOS and Android applications, targeting individual readers in Mongolia and internationally. Supplementary integrated utilities include a weather forecast service, real-time currency exchange rates, and Eastern zodiac readings.

Product overview

News.MN is a Mongolian news aggregation and distribution platform operated as a single unified website with integrated mobile applications. The core product is the News.MN website providing news across multiple categories (politics, economy, society, world, sports, entertainment, yellow news, video). Supporting modules include Weather Service displaying forecasts for Mongolian cities, Currency Exchange Rate Service showing real-time rates for multiple currencies, and Eastern Zodiac (Дорнын Зурхай) as a lifestyle feature. The platform extends through dedicated mobile applications for iOS and Android devices, and includes sub-brands such as News360 (Сэдэв 360) video content series and NewPlus video content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• News Brand: Brand-specific content section featuring detailed reports and analysis
• Цогц Мэдээ
• Булангууд

Products and services

• News.MN Website Mongolian news aggregation and distribution website providing news content across categories including politics, economy, society, world affairs, sports, entertainment, and video. Available in Mongolian Cyrillic, traditional Mongolian script, and English.
• News.MN Mobile Application (iOS) iOS mobile application available on the Apple App Store, providing access to News.MN news content on iPhone and iPad devices for Mongolian news consumers.
• News.MN Mobile Application (Android) Android mobile application available on the Google Play Store, providing access to News.MN news content on Android devices for Mongolian news consumers.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• CCTV (China Central Television)minorOthersContent partnership providing international news coverage from China Central Television (CCTV)
• RIA NovostiminorOthersContent partnership providing Russian news coverage through RIA Novosti

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Unuudur.mn: Mongolian digital news outlet providing daily news, analysis, and lifestyle content. Operates in the same general-interest Mongolian news category as News.mn and competes for the same reader segments.
• Eagle News Mongolia: Mongolian English-language digital news outlet covering Mongolia-related news for international and domestic English-speaking audiences. Closely comparable to News.mn's English-language offering and diaspora-facing strategy.
• Ikon.mn: One of Mongolia's leading independent Mongolian-language news websites covering politics, business, and society. Direct competitor to News.mn for Mongolian-language digital news audience and advertising spend.
• Gereg.mn: Mongolian digital news and analysis platform covering politics, society, and business. Directly competes with News.mn in the Mongolian general-interest news category.

Broad incumbents

• VnExpress: Vietnam's leading digital news platform, comparable as a high-traffic, ad-supported general-interest digital news publisher in an emerging Asian market with multilingual elements.
• UB Post: Long-established English-language Mongolian newspaper (founded 2009), now operating primarily digitally. Targets the same English-speaking and expatriate audience as News.mn's English edition.
• Mongolian National Broadcaster (МҮОНТ / MNB): Mongolia's national public broadcaster operating television, radio, and digital platforms. A broader incumbent providing news across multiple channels in Mongolia, overlapping with News.mn in news coverage though much larger in scope.
• Montsame News Agency: Mongolia's state-owned news agency distributing domestic and international news in Mongolian and English. Comparable multilingual, multi-format news operation, though state-affiliated with broader editorial remit.

Regional players

• Astana Times: English-language digital news outlet covering Central Asia and Mongolia from Kazakhstan. Comparable multilingual emerging-market news model targeting regional and international audiences.
• The Diplomat (Mongolia coverage): Asia-Pacific focused digital news outlet with Mongolia coverage. Adjacent rather than direct competitor, but operates a similar digital news and analysis model targeting English-speaking regional readers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/news_mn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/news-agency-mongolia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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