ABS-CBNnews.com

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ABS-CBNnews.com
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Type of site
News, Citizen Journalism, Social Media
Available inEnglish
Filipino
Headquarters ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines
Area servedWorldwide
Owner ABS-CBN Corporation
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
ABS-CBN Digital Media
Key peopleGing Reyes
URL news.abs-cbn.com
Launched1997
Current statusActive

ABS-CBNnews.com is a news website based in Quezon City, Philippines. It is owned by the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and it is predominantly targeted to the Filipino market. The website is maintained by the ABS-CBN Digital Media division of ABS-CBN while its contents are provided by ABS-CBN News and The Philippine Star. Aside from the website interface, users can also access its contents through its mobile app available in both iOS, android and Windows. The ABS-CBNnews.com app is also available on LG Smart TV. [1] [2] Although the domain address of the website was absorbed to the ABS-CBN.com website, it still retains the original logo. On the other hand, the old url redirects the user to the current domain.

It is currently the top news website in the Philippines based on Alexa rankings and among the biggest Facebook publisher in the world according to NewsWhip. [3] [4] Its YouTube channel on the other hand has over two million subscribers and over one billion views, while its Twitter account has over two million followers. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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