Zite

Yep, LinkedIn Acquires Newsreader Startup Pulse for $90 Million

Mike Isaac in Social on April 11 at 1:12 pm PT

We knew it was coming. Now it’s official.

Circa’s Matt Galligan on Building a Different Kind of News Reader (Video)

Kara Swisher in Media on April 9 at 12:01 pm PT

Mobile news apps are hot. Summly just sold for a ridonkulous amount of money, for example. So what’s up with the “atomic bits” list-makers of the San Francisco?

Yahoo Acquires Hipster Mobile News Reader Summly for Close to $30 Million

Kara Swisher in Mobile on March 25 at 6:13 am PT

Yup.

With Pulse Following Zite’s Lead, Mark Johnson Talks About News Reading App Landscape

Kara Swisher in Media on March 13 at 12:16 pm PT

As these popular apps get snapped up, here’s what’s ahead.

News Byte

Prismatic Banks $15 Million in Venture Capital

Mike Isaac in Social on December 5, 2012 at 10:23 am PT

Social news reading app Prismatic announced a new Series A round of venture funding on Wednesday, banking another $15 million. Participating in the round were Accel Partners, Jim Breyer and Yuri Milner. The Prismatic app is something of a hybrid between Zite, Flipboard and other news apps, using your social channels to personalize the type of news that appears in your feed.

Custom Magazine Focuses on the Big Pictures

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on December 4, 2012 at 3:07 pm PT

A new edition of Zite, an app that assembles online stories into a personalized digital magazine, puts a lot of emphasis on visuals.

Voices

How to Get Your Start-Up Acquired in Six Months or Less

Mark Johnson, CEO, Zite in Voices on October 19, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

These are some of the key reasons that Zite was able to move from launch to acquisition so quickly.

Mediafed Snaps Up News Aggregation App Taptu

Mike Isaac in Media on September 20, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

A popular news reading app gets bought by an ad network in search of mobile success.

News Byte

Prismatic’s Sleek Newsreader, Now Available as an App

Mike Isaac in Mobile on August 23, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

Prismatic, the interest-based newsfeed start-up that aims to better personalize reading and news discovery, launched its iPhone app on Thursday. To stand out among the glut of newsreader apps currently available, Prismatic prides itself on extremely fast browsing and a refined user interface with creative use of gesture-based navigation. Most interesting is the use of local inputs that serve up news content based on your location.