Knewz
| Industry | News |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | News aggregation |
| Owner | Rupert Murdoch |
| Parent | News Corp |
| Website | knewz |
Knewz.com is a news aggregator[1] owned by News Corporation.[2] The content is produced by in-house human editors and IT specialists working alongside News Corp's Storyful subsidiary. The site also makes use of artificial intelligence algorithms.[3]
Description
As an aggregator, Knewz features stories from various news websites across the Internet; Knewz shares user data with those websites[1] and as of 29 January 2020 Knewz features no advertising on its own page. News Corp says the site will include news "from the widest variety of sources, free of filter bubbles and narrow-minded nonsense." The launch day press release indicates that Knewz sources its stories from over 400 publishers, mostly in the United States.[3] The website features a variety of sources from differing political leanings.
As of 30 January 2020, the site included national sources such as CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, the New York Times, NBC News and the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Axios, The Blaze, Bleacher Report, BuzzFeed, Daily Kos, Deadline, Mother Jones, National Review, Newsmax, the Washington Examiner and Talking Points Memo, as well as local sources from all 50 U.S. states.[2]
Development
The trademark was filed in December 2018.[2] In August 2019, the Wall Street Journal[4] and Axios reported a website and mobile app were under development.[5] The beta test was officially launched on 29 January 2020.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "News Corp. launches news aggregation site Knewz to counter Facebook, Google". 29 January 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
- ^ a b c Spangler, Todd (29 January 2020). "News Corp Launches Knewz With Stories From 400-Plus Publishers, Promising No Clickbait or 'Narrow-Minded Nonsense'".
- ^ a b c "Start Spreadin' the Knewz | News Corp".
- ^ Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A.; Rizzo, Lillian (22 August 2019). "News Corp Readies News App to Address Publishers' Concerns About Google and Facebook" – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ "News aggregation apps take on Big Tech". Axios.
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