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General Information

Websitenewsy.com
Blogblog.newsy.com
Twitter@newsyvideos
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone573-442-4557
Emailalexandra@newsy.com
Employees20
Founded9/08
DescriptionMulti Source Video News

Offices

Headquarters
904 Elm Street
Suite 208
Columbia, MO, 65201
USA

People

President and Founder
VP of Marketing
VP of News Operations

Former People

VP of Editorial
VP of Finance

Funding

TOTAL $3.5M
FUNDING TOTAL $3.5M
Venture Round, 5/10
$2M
Series B, 3/11
$1.5M

Tags

Newsy

Newsy is a multi-platform, multi-source video news service that monitors, analyzes and presents the world’s news coverage. Through short video segments available on the web and mobile devices, Newsy accelerates the understanding of how a news story is being covered differently by media outlets from around the world.

A news analyzer, not a news aggregator, Newsy is the only multi-source video news service producing daily videos - in 2 to 3 minutes, users understand the nuances in coverage - offering context with convenience.

Recent Milestones

  • Dollar
    Newsy received $1.5M in Series B funding. (3/28/11)
    Posted 3/28/11 at 8:05pm via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    Newsy — Newsy named in Lead411's Hottest Companies in the Midwest list (7/21/10)
    Posted 7/31/10 at 6:59am via lead411.com
  • Dollar
    Newsy received $2M in Venture Round funding. (5/5/10)
    Posted 5/6/10 at 6:28pm via techcrunch.com
  • Check
    Newsy added Jim Spencer as President and Founder. (1/1/07)
    Posted 10/17/09 at 7:53am
  • Check
    Newsy added Alexandra Wharton as VP of Marketing.
    Posted 10/17/09 at 7:53am
  • Check
    Newsy added Jim Flink as VP of News Operations.
    Posted 3/30/10 at 2:53pm

Videos

Above:

This video was originally posted on Beet.TV

Added: 4/12/11
Above:

This video was originally posted on Beet.TV

Added: 4/12/11

Screenshots

Newsy screenshot
Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 12/10/09

Sources

  1. Newsy Raises $2 Million For Multi-Source Video News Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Newsy Raises $1.5 Million in Series B Funding For Mobile News (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Lead411 launches "Hottest Companies in the Midwest" awards (lead411.com) [edit]
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