Knewz
| Industry | News |
|---|---|
| Defunct | July 2021 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | News aggregation |
| Owner | Rupert Murdoch |
| Parent | News Corp |
| Website | knewz |
Knewz.com was a news aggregator[1] owned by News Corporation.[2] The content was produced by in-house human editors and IT specialists working alongside News Corp's Storyful subsidiary. The site also made use of artificial intelligence algorithms.[3] Knewz.com shut down in July 2021. In the fall of 2021 the site displayed a message thanking its users and saying that the lack of profit caused the decision to shut the site down.[4]
As of August 26, 2021 the site is running again."Archive.com's entry for Knewz.com". Archived from the original on 26 August 2021.
Description[]
As an aggregator, Knewz featured stories from various news websites across the Internet; Knewz shared user data with those websites[1] and as of 29 January 2020 Knewz featured no advertising on its own page. News Corp says the site includes news "from the widest variety of sources, free of filter bubbles and narrow-minded nonsense." The launch day press release indicated that Knewz sourced its stories from over 400 publishers, mostly in the United States.[3] The website featured 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[5] and Axios reported a website and mobile app were under development.[6] 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". Reuters. 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". 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Knewz.com". 9 July 2021.
- ^ Trachtenberg, Jeffrey A.; Rizzo, Lillian (22 August 2019). "News Corp Readies News App to Address Publishers' Concerns About Google and Facebook". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ "News aggregation apps take on Big Tech". Axios.
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