government’s current attempts to ban some Chinese companies.

The distinction could become important if News Break continues to grow, given the U.S. high-tech company incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in Mountain View,” with the majority of its workforce in the United States and a focus on the U.S. “If local publishers are struggling, if the newspapers are diminishing every year, then sooner or later we are out of business.”Īnd while Zheng previously led Yahoo Labs in Beijing and was also founding CEO at Chinese news startup Yidian Zixun - plus, the startup has team members in Beijing and Shanghai - he emphasized that this is a “U.S. When I suggested that publishers and journalists may be leery about relying too much on a third-party platform to reach their audience, Zheng argued that News Break’s incentives are very different from the big internet and social media platforms. NewsBreak provides latest and breaking Titusville, PA local news, weather forecast, crime and safety reports, traffic updates, event notices, sports, entertainment, local life and other items of interest in the community and nearby towns. Zheng said that while News Break already shares ad revenue with publishers, he’s hopeful that the value it provides those publishers will only grow over time: “We want to give as much money back to the creators as possible.” The startup says it’s currently reaching 12 million daily active users. App Store multiple times (it’s currently ranked No. NewsBreak provides latest and breaking Shelton, WA local news, weather forecast, crime and safety reports, traffic updates, event notices, sports, entertainment, local life and other items of interest in the community and nearby towns. The local focus may be increasingly valuable given the broader economic challenges facing the local news business - as Zheng put it, there’s “strong user demand” for local news but “weak supply.” And the strategy seems to have paid off for News Break so far, with the app reaching the top spot in the News category of Apple’s U.S.

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