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What is Smartnews? (Original Post)
Raven
Oct 2018
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AJT
(5,240 posts)1. I'd like to know WHO is Smartnews.
Who is behind it?
matt819
(10,749 posts)2. Here are the publishers displayed on the site
Dont know who set it up.
The Associated Press
The Atlantic
Bleacher Report
CNET
Daily Dot
Engadget
Huffington Post
Los Angeles times
Mashable
NBC News
ProPublica
Quartz
Re/code
Reuters
SB Nation
Today
The Verge
Vocativ
Vox
LAS14
(15,474 posts)4. Huh! Looks sort of promising. But I wonder what their angle is.
Why would SmartNews be any more attractive than the individual publishers?
MuseRider
(35,166 posts)3. I have not seen that before.
Where are you seeing it? Interesting maybe?
