Knewz.com is an American news and news aggregation[1] website owned by Knewz Media Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Empire Media Group, Inc.[2] The content is produced by in-house human editors and IT specialists. The site also made use of artificial intelligence algorithms.[3]
Created by News Corp, Knewz features stories from various news websites across the Internet; Knewz shared user data with those websites.[1] Empire Media Group says the site includes news "from the widest variety of sources, free of filter bubbles and narrow-minded nonsense." The launch day press release indicated that Knewz sourced its stories from over 600 publishers, mostly in the United States.[2][3] The website features a variety of sources from differing political leanings.
The trademark was filed in December 2018.[4] In August 2019, the Wall Street Journal[5] and Axios reported a website and mobile app were under development.[6] The beta test was officially launched on 29 January 2020.[3]
In July, 2021, News Corp shut the site down, citing lack of profitability.[7] In the fall of 2021, Knewz has since been revived after being sold to Dylan Howard's Empire Media Group, under the standalone company Knewz Media Group, LLC, the company says.[2]
