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Raven

(13,875 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 04:42 PM Oct 2018

What is Smartnews?

I've seen it advertised a lot lately.

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What is Smartnews? (Original Post) Raven Oct 2018 OP

I'd like to know WHO is Smartnews. AJT Oct 2018 #1

Here are the publishers displayed on the site matt819 Oct 2018 #2

Huh! Looks sort of promising. But I wonder what their angle is. LAS14 Oct 2018 #4

I have not seen that before. MuseRider Oct 2018 #3

AJT

(5,240 posts)

1. I'd like to know WHO is Smartnews.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 04:44 PM

Oct 2018

Who is behind it?

matt819

(10,749 posts)

2. Here are the publishers displayed on the site

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 05:54 PM

Oct 2018

Don’t 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
Reuter’s
SB Nation
Today
The Verge
Vocativ
Vox

LAS14

(13,766 posts)

4. Huh! Looks sort of promising. But I wonder what their angle is.

Reply to matt819 (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 06:19 PM

Oct 2018

Why would SmartNews be any more attractive than the individual publishers?

MuseRider

(34,093 posts)

3. I have not seen that before.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 06:18 PM

Oct 2018

Where are you seeing it? Interesting maybe?

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