News Corp developing 'Knewz.com' service to take on Google News: WSJ

Reuters

Published Aug 22, 2019 03:36PM ET

News Corp developing 'Knewz.com' service to take on Google News: WSJ

(Reuters) - News Corp (O:NWSA) is developing a news-aggregation service to compete with Alphabet Inc's (O:GOOGL) Google News and could be launched later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter.

The service, called Knewz.com, is expected to be a website and a mobile app, and will aggregate news from many sources and make them available through the site and the app, according to the report. (https://on.wsj.com/2ZaVNBc)

It will draw from hundreds of news sources, including national outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the Washington Post and NBC News, digital-native players, magazine publishers and local newspapers, the Journal said.