News Corp. launches news aggregation site Knewz to counter Facebook, Google

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.

Last September, Google disclosed changes to its search algorithm to give more prominence to original reporting. Publishers have complained for years that the search giant has rewarded companies that quickly aggregate original reporting from other news organizations. 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.”

globebusiness '...and relies on a small team of editors and technical staff to curate articles.' We'll see how balanced it is. But they do need a site redesign, my eyes are blind from all the bright yellow.

globebusiness If I were you, I'd IMMEDIATELY start a competitor for Facebook & Google with more of a 'rightwing' bias. Doesn't matter if you don't make a dime because when you get big enough, or make the right noises, newscorp will gobble you up for a pretty penny.

globebusiness Full of right wing climate denying bullshit.

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