Articles about News

In support of free press, this startup’s publishing tech helps get news into and out of Russia

A tiny startup in Redmond, Wash., is taking on the big task of trying to get the truth into and… Read More

Amazon developing a free, ad-supported video news app for Fire TV, report says

Fire TV users may soon be getting their news from Amazon. The company plans to debut a free app for… Read More

NYT editor on the state of journalism: Technology is ‘leaving us with the stuff that pisses people off’

It may feel like animosity toward the media is at an all-time high, but the head of The New York… Read More

Snopes founder explains why Facebook fact-checking partnership dissolved

Snopes wasn’t trying to make a statement when it announced the end of its partnership with Facebook last week. David… Read More

Amazon Alexa now does her best ‘newscaster’ impression when reading the headlines

Is that you, Walter Cronkite? Amazon unveiled a feature that alters Alexa’s voice to imitate the way broadcast news anchors… Read More

Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets

Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races… Read More

Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger… Read More

Most Americans believe tech companies should be regulated like news publishers, survey finds

A whopping 79 percent of Americans believe that tech companies should be regulated in the same way that news organizations… Read More

Breaking News founders launch Factal, delivering real-time news and incident alerts to companies

When NBC News shut down its popular Breaking News website and app in late 2016, the team heard not just from… Read More

After 58 years, my parents ditched their daily print newspaper for iPads — here’s the scoop on that

This is a story about newspapers. Unlike a lot of stories these days about the demise of print, I think… Read More

Scientists verify that fake news outruns truth on Twitter — and call for a fix

A study published in the journal Science provides hard evidence that fake news — or, to use the researchers’ preferred term,… Read More

Facebook launches local news section in Olympia, Wash., and 5 other cities

Facebook announced two updates designed to connect users with more trusted local news Monday. The first is a new section… Read More

Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos’ ownership

The Washington Post had a good year. The newspaper more than doubled digital subscriptions and grew revenue from digital advertising,… Read More

Amazon partners with UC Berkeley for first foray into investigative journalism

Amazon is getting into the news business, once again proving that the company’s appetite for new industries knows no limits.… Read More

Bloomberg’s digital chief: Journalists must ‘reclaim’ their audience from Facebook and Google

The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech… Read More

This Week in Seattle: Uber’s uncertain future, South Lake Union upzone, and more stuff you should know

This Week in Seattle: Lawmakers promote equality and development, Uber’s future in the city looks uncertain, and unemployment continues… Read More

In era of Trump and fake news, Rich Barton is not backing down from his ‘power to the people’ philosophy

NEW YORK — Seattle entrepreneur Rich Barton has long touted an investment philosophy grounded in a belief that great things… Read More

Podcast

‘Last Week in Trump’: Newsletter distills the hyper-partisan news to create empathy on both sides

Sol Villarreal knows a thing or two about socio-political bubbles. He grew up in rural Texas as a religious conservative… Read More

How theSkimm became the news cheat sheet of choice for millennial women

TheSkimm’s secret sauce is cleverly and playfully reframing the daily news in a way that resonates with its target demographic… Read More

Podcast

Seattle journalists launch ‘The Evergrey’ newsletter, seeking a stronger sense of place in a booming city

Seattle is growing — or perhaps a better term is exploding — at an almost startling rate. An average of 263 people are moving… Read More

Generation App: Twitter and the changing news media landscape

It may be hard to believe, but Twitter is nearly a decade old. The platform has seen its ups and… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘News Pro’ app for iPhone offers an alternative to Apple News

Microsoft has another app made just for iOS, and this one is competing directly with one of Apple’s newest apps.… Read More

Seattle online news site Crosscut merges with KCTS 9, forms new ‘multiplatform’ non-profit Cascade Public Media

Two Seattle-based non-profits are joining forces in an effort to create a new media entity that the organizations say will… Read More

App of the Week: News360 brings you quick news summaries with help from Apple’s 3D Touch

Despite working for a news site, I still struggle to keep up with the news. With more and more content… Read More

From Microsoft to BMW, big brands are buying up .news web domains in a hurry

Online domain provider Rightside expected “.news” to become one of its top new domain extensions since the application window first opened to create… Read More

Microsoft testing iOS app that reads 30-second news stories to you

Microsoft Bing is testing a new iOS app called NewsCast that uses text-to-voice technology to help users catch up on… Read More

Apple unveils News app, with New York Times, ESPN and other big publishers on board

Apple just unveiled a new iOS “News” app, giving the iPhone and iPad a first-party news aggregation app for content from… Read More

All the news that’s fit to print…on a wrist: New York Times unveils Apple Watch app

People may think of the New York Times for its long-form content, but the venerable newspaper is hoping to… Read More

NBCNews.com cutting digital news staff

About a year after moving into new digs in Seattle’s tallest skyscraper, NBCNews.com is cutting its digital news workforce substantially… Read More

Search under way for missing Microsoft program manager after car found at Deception Pass

Krishna Venkatesh, a Microsoft Windows program manager, will be the subject of a search Tuesday morning at Deception Pass State Park,… Read More