News Corp. Launches News Aggregation Site Knewz to Counter Facebook, Google

guest · Jan 29, 2020

News Corp. Launches News Aggregation Site Knewz to Counter Facebook, Google
January 29, 2020
https://www.usnews.com/news/technol...egation-site-knewz-to-counter-facebook-google

News Corp on Wednesday launched a free news aggregation service, Knewz, to address its long-held criticism of how Google and Facebook treat publishers and journalists.

The service uses artificial intelligence to scan more than 400 national and local news sources across the political spectrum - including Mother Jones, Washington Examiner, and The Nation - and relies on a small team of editors and technical staff to curate articles.

News Corp - which publishes the Wall Street Journal - designed Knewz to show that a service can aggregate news in a publisher-friendly manner, according to a News Corp spokesman - by honoring the source of a scoop and not the website that rewrites it quickly, by including a publication's logo, and by featuring a range of publications.
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Knewz links directly to publishers’ websites, and plans to share data with them. The service, now ad-free in beta, may eventually include advertising. It is available on desktop, mobile and mobile app.

Knewz "is not egregious aggregation but generous aggregation," News Corp CEO Thomson said in a statement. "There are mastheads from across the political and regional spectrum, and premium publishers will not be relegated in the rankings.”
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Press Release: Start Spreadin’ the Knewz

New York, NY – (January 29, 2020) – News will be transformed by Knewz. The launch of Knewz.com today means that readers can find the latest news from the widest variety of sources, free of filter bubbles and narrow-minded nonsense.

Knewz.com works by combining cutting edge, proprietary artificial intelligence with experienced editors. The technology constantly scans hundreds of real news sources, and editors curate a selection of headlines that provide a broad perspective on stories of the day.
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Rasheed187 · Feb 1, 2020

Holy crap, this knewz.com site looks ugly as hell! Don't these guys care about website design, it's mind boggling.

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