News Corp is making a news service called... Knewz

[ToxMarz]

Meant to challenge Google and Facebook

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/22/20828592/knewz-news-corp-news-distribution-app-facebook-google

News Corp is developing a news distribution service designed to offer an alternative to Google and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. It’s currently being called Knewz, and it’s meant to give the Rupert Murdoch-owned publishing empire leverage over the two tech giants, both of which have become integral to the distribution of news — often to publishers’ consternation

Knewz is also being developed due to concerns from News Corp executives that Google and Facebook are biased against conservative publications, according to the Journal. While there remains no clear evidence of that bias....

[NightWatcher]

1. Why'd they not go ahead and use all 3 K's ?

KKKNEWZ.com was taken?

[genxlib]

2. I see they have finally relented

And agreed not to refer to it as "news" after all. This is an entirely different product meant to resemble news but not actually be news.

Like tofurkey but a lot less healthy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. "Gesundheit!" (nt)