Knewz

Last updated

Knewz
IndustryNews
Headquarters,
ProductsNews aggregation
OwnerKnewz Media Group, LLC
Parent News Corp (2013–2021) Empire Media Group (2021-present)
Website knewz.com

Knewz.com is an American news and news aggregation [1] website owned by Knewz Media Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Empire Media Group, Inc. [2] The content is produced by in-house human editors and IT specialists. The site also made use of artificial intelligence algorithms. [3]

Contents

Description

Created by News Corp, Knewz features stories from various news websites across the Internet; Knewz shared user data with those websites. [1] Empire Media Group 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 600 publishers, mostly in the United States. [2] [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. [4]

Development

The trademark was filed in December 2018. [4] 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]

In July, 2021, News Corp shut the site down, citing lack of profitability. [7] In the fall of 2021, Knewz has since been revived after being sold to Dylan Howard's Empire Media Group, under the standalone company Knewz Media Group, LLC, the company says. [2]

Knewz.com also does its own reporting and has been featured in places such as The Associated Press, Drudge Report and Sean Hannity on Fox.

See also

Related Research Articles

Audacy, Inc. is an American broadcasting company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1968 as Entercom Communications Corp., it is the second largest radio company in the United States, owning 235 radio stations across 48 media markets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">L. Gordon Crovitz</span> American journalist

Louis Gordon Crovitz is an American media executive and advisor to media and technology companies. He is a former publisher of The Wall Street Journal who also served as executive vice-president of Dow Jones and launched the company's Consumer Media Group, which under his leadership integrated the global print, online, digital, TV and other editions of The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch.com and Barron's across news, advertising, marketing and other functions. He stepped down from those positions in December 2007, when News Corp. completed its acquisition of Dow Jones. He writes a weekly column in The Wall Street Journal, titled "Information Age."

Penske Media Corporation is an American mass media, publishing, and information services company based in Los Angeles and New York City. It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including Variety, Rolling Stone, Women's Wear Daily, Deadline Hollywood, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Boy Genius Report, Robb Report, Artforum, ARTNews, and others. PMC's Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske.

Business Insider is a New York City-based multinational financial and business news website founded in 2007. Since 2015, a majority stake in Business Insider's parent company Insider Inc. has been owned by the German publishing house Axel Springer. It operates several international editions, including one in the United Kingdom.

FanDuel Group is an American gambling company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino. The company operates sportsbooks in a number of states including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and West Virginia, as well as an online horse race betting platform, and a daily fantasy sports service.

Scopely, Inc is an American interactive entertainment company and mobile-first video game developer and publisher. The company is headquartered in Culver City, California, with offices across the US, EMEA and Asia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Defy Media</span> Defunct American digital media company

Defy Media was an American digital media company that produced original online content for the 12–34 age group. Originally founded in 1996 as Alloy Online, the final company was formed in 2013 by its merger with Break Media.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cineverse</span> American entertainment company

Cineverse Corp. is an American entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Cineverse’s businesses encompass digital cinema, streaming channels, content marketing, and distribution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ozy Media</span> US international media and entertainment company

Ozy Media was an American media and entertainment company launched in September 2013 by Carlos Watson and Samir Rao. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in New York City.

Audacy, previously known as Radio.com, is a free broadcast and Internet radio platform developed by the namesake company Audacy, Inc.. The Audacy platform functions as a music recommender system and is the national umbrella brand for the company’s radio network aggregating its over 235 local radio stations across the United States. In addition, the service includes thousands of podcasts, created for the platform, hosted elsewhere, or station programming on demand. It was originally created by CBS Radio and was acquired by the former Entercom as part of the company's takeover of CBS Radio. The service's main competitors are rival station group iHeartMedia's iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. Audacy is available online, via mobile devices, and devices such as Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV.

Awesomeness is an American-based film and television studio as well as a multi-channel based multilingual television network owned by Paramount Digital Studios, a division of Paramount Global. Established in June 2012 by Brian Robbins and Joe Davola, the network initially focused on children’s programs, teen dramas, comedies, live events, and music videos targeting adolescents and young adults.

Bustle is an online American women's magazine founded in August 2013 by Bryan Goldberg. It positions news and politics alongside articles about beauty, celebrities, and fashion trends. By September 2016, the website had 50 million monthly readers.

go90 American video streaming service

go90 was an American Internet television service and mobile app owned and operated by Verizon Communications. The service was positioned as a mobile-oriented "social entertainment platform" targeted primarily towards millennials, featuring a mixture of new and acquired content from various providers. The service was available exclusively within the United States.

Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fusion Media Group</span>

The Fusion Media Group is a division of Univision Communications. The company was launched in April 2016 after Univision bought out Disney's stake in Fusion through the Fusion Media Network joint venture between Univision & Disney-ABC. While Univision is focused on serving Hispanic America in Spanish, FMG is the company's multi-platform, English language division targeting young adults.

<i>Axios</i> (website) American news website

Axios is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz. The site's name is based on the Greek: ἄξιος, meaning "worthy".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quibi</span> Former American short-form mobile video platform

Quibi was a short-lived American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices. It was founded in Los Angeles in August 2018 as NewTV by Jeffrey Katzenberg and was led by Meg Whitman, its CEO. The service raised $1.75 billion from investors. It launched in April 2020, but shut down in December 2020 after falling short of its subscriber projections. In January 2021, Quibi's content library was sold to Roku, Inc. for less than $100 million. The platform's concepts and failure inspired widespread mockery.

G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company that owns and operates several digital media outlets, including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin, The Root, The A.V. Club, The Takeout, The Onion, The Inventory, and Quartz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Discovery+</span> American video streaming service

Discovery+ is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The service focuses on factual programming drawn from the libraries of Discovery's main channel brands, as well as original series, and other acquired content.

References

  1. 1 2 "News Corp. launches news aggregation site Knewz to counter Facebook, Google". Reuters. 29 January 2020 via www.reuters.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "EMPIRE MEDIA GROUP, INC. ACQUIRES KNEWZ FROM NEWS CORP". Ein. einnews.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Start Spreadin' the Knewz | News Corp". 29 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 Spangler, Todd (29 January 2020). "News Corp Launches Knewz With Stories From 400-Plus Publishers, Promising No Clickbait or 'Narrow-Minded Nonsense'".
  5. 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.
  6. "News aggregation apps take on Big Tech". Axios.
  7. Spangler, Todd (9 July 2021). "News Corp Shuts Down Knewz Aggregation Site, Saying It Wasn't Profitable". Variety. Retrieved 24 March 2022.