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| 23.02.2026 | Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer
When sifting through the seemingly endless collection of documents in the Epstein files gets to be too much and Ellie Leonard needs a break, she takes a walk outsid... |
| 23.12.2025 | 31-year-old scoops ice cream on the side for $16.50/hour to make ends meet in this job market: ‘There is zero shame in it’ | On my first day of work at the neighborhood ice cream shop, my boss lined up cups on the counter, handed me a scooper, and set a timer.
“A perfect scoop takes under 24 seconds,” he said.
Ice cream splattered as I tried to keep up. It humble... |
| 18.09.2024 | Display.io Launches Next-Gen Ad Units | Powered by AI optimization, Display.io’s new ad units open incremental revenue for premium app publishers and provide exclusive inventory to advertisers.
In-App advertising has long been dominated by repurposed web ad units. These outdated ... |
| 09.07.2024 | SmartNews starts offering 7-Eleven coupons | - |
| 09.07.2024 | SmartNews starts offering 7-Eleven coupons | SmartNews starts offering 7-Eleven coupons
*Smart News Co., Ltd.*
Press release: July 9, 2024
**
SmartNews starts offering 7-Eleven coupons
*The only smartphone app in Japan that can use coupons from three major convenience store companies.... |
| 08.07.2024 | The total number of votes in the “Fan Vote” for the professional baseball “MyNavi All-Star Game 2024” conducted on the NPB official website and SmartNews reached 3.58 million votes, far exceeding last... | The total number of votes in the “Fan Vote” for the professional baseball “MyNavi All-Star Game 2024” conducted on the NPB official website and SmartNews reached 3.58 million votes, far exceeding last year.
*Smart News Co., Ltd.*
Press rele... |
| 08.07.2024 | The total number of votes in the “Fan Vote” for the professional baseball “MyNavi All-Star Game 2024” conducted on the NPB official website and SmartNews reached 3.58 million votes, far exceeding last... | - |
| 18.06.2024 | Collaboration projects where you can enjoy TWICE READY TO BE SPECIAL performances for a limited time on SmartNew s “TWICE Channel” are coming one after another! | - |
| 18.06.2024 | Collaboration projects where you can enjoy TWICE READY TO BE SPECIAL performances for a limited time on SmartNew s “TWICE Channel” are coming one after another! | Smart News Co., Ltd.
Collaboration projects where you can enjoy TWICE READY TO BE SPECIAL performances for a limited time on SmartNews “TWICE Channel” are coming one after another!
We will be holding daily lottery projects and special seria... |
| 12.06.2024 | The second SmartNews WEB-CM starring TWICE MOMO has been released! Newly shot cuts are appearing one after another! | - |
| 12.06.2024 | The second SmartNews WEB-CM starring TWICE MOMO has been released! Newly shot cuts are appearing one after another! | Smart News Co., Ltd.
The second SmartNews WEB-CM starring TWICE MOMO has been released! Newly shot cuts are appearing one after another!
MOMO’s “Video of using Smanu” was also released, showing off cute facial expressions and gestures
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Sm... |
| 16.04.2024 | QQEnglish×SmartNews+ A special project to support English learning will be held on April 16th (Tuesday) for o ne week only. One person selected by lottery from subscribers will receive a gift to study... | - |
| 16.04.2024 | In response to the popularity of the “SmartNews+” English learning content, we have implemented a special project to support English learning. Subscribers will be invited by lottery to study abroad in... | - |
| 19.03.2024 | Paid business media carefully selected article subscription “SmartNews+” adds 7 new English learning service contents and 4 specialized media, expanding the number of affiliated partners to 36 | - |
| 19.03.2024 | Paid business media carefully selected article subscription “SmartNews+” adds 7 new English learning service contents and 4 specialized media, expanding the number of affiliated partners to 36 | Smart News Co., Ltd.
Paid business media carefully selected article subscription
“SmartNews+” adds 7 new English learning service contents and 4 specialized media, expanding the number of affiliated partners to 36 In line with the expansion... |
| 13.03.2024 | Smart News Business Conference “SmartNews Ads Conference 2024” held | - |
| 13.03.2024 | Smart News Business Conference “SmartNews Ads Conference 2024” held | Smart News Co., Ltd.
-Event Report-Smart News Business Conference “SmartNews Ads Conference 2024” held
～SmartNews aims for “a world with Personalized Discovery”～
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Date and time: February 5th (Monday) Part 1 14:00-15:00/Part 2 16:00-17:00 ... |
| 08.03.2024 | “J-POP Channel”, which features popular J-POP artists and delivers the latest information, has appeared on SmartNews, and the first project artist is “Ado” | - |
| 08.03.2024 | “J-POP Channel”, which features popular J-POP artists and delivers the latest information, has appeared on SmartNews, and the first project artist is “Ado” | Smart News Co., Ltd.
“J-POP Channel”, which features popular J-POP artists and delivers the latest information, has appeared on SmartNews, and the first project artist is “Ado”
Ado’s special content and serialized articles will be released ... |
| 08.01.2024 | As Twitter/X rivals explode, news aggregator SmartNews struggles to retain users | News aggregator app SmartNews had a tough 2023, beginning with widespread layoffs in January and wrapping up with a leadership change that saw co-founder Kaisei Hamamoto assume the role of CEO after the abrupt departure of former CEO Ken Su... |
| 11.12.2023 | Japan’s first subscription service “SmartNews+” that aggregates smart news, paid business news and coupons is now available. You can read carefully selected articles from more than 25 domestic and int... | 0 0 votes
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| 11.12.2023 | Japan’s first subscription service “SmartNews+” that aggregates smart news, paid business news and coupons is now available. You can read carefully selected articles from more than 25 domestic and int... | Smart News Co., Ltd.
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| 01.11.2023 | SmartNews、間もなく開催の「早稲田祭2023」チャンネルを開設 スケジュールやマップ、ライブ配信など早稲田祭を楽しめる情報をオールインワンで提供 | スマートニュースは、ニュースアプリ「SmartNews」に、11月4日（土）・5日（日）に早稲田大学の早稲田キャンパス（新宿区西早稲田）・戸山キャンパス（新宿区戸山）及び周辺地域で開催される学園祭「早稲田祭2023」の専用チャンネルを開設しました。
コロナ禍の期間を経て、外出やオフラインのイベント情報に対するユーザーのニーズが高まっています。一方、今年は行動や人数の制限がない学園祭が各地で開催され、多くの賑わいを見せています。SmartNewsでは、ユーザーのイベント情報ニ... |
| 19.09.2023 | News aggregator app SmartNews’ latest feature aims to tackle doomscrolling | News aggregator SmartNews is today launching a new feature that it hopes will help combat the anxiety associated with regularly consuming negative news — something often referred to as “doomscrolling.” Instead of encouraging impulsive scrol... |
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Это ресурс, собирающий материалы... |
| 12.01.2023 | News aggregator SmartNews lays off 40% of US and China staff, with further reductions planned in Japan | SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app valued at $2 billion as of 2021, today announced a 40% reduction of its U.S. and China workforce, or around 120 people, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans... |
| 15.09.2021 | SmartNews Raises $230 Million in Series F Funding at a $2 Billion Valuation, Plans to Invest in U.S. Growth | |
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| 15.09.2021 | SmartNews Raises $230M in Series F Funding at a $2 Billion Valuation | SmartNews Inc., a Japanese global leader in redefining information and news discovery, raised $230m in Series F funding.
The round, which brings the total capital raised to date to more than $400m at a valuation of $2 billion, included new ... |
| 15.09.2021 | News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion | SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round b... |
| 08.09.2021 | SmartNews Announces Hurricane "Disaster Info Hub" | |
| 22.04.2021 | SmartNews’ COVID-19 vaccine alert reaches 1M users in Japan a week after launching | SmartNews’ Vaccine Alert and Map features for its Japanese app
SmartNews announced today that its tools to help Japanese users find nearby COVID-19 vaccine bookings have reached more than one million users just a week after launching. The n... |
| 24.02.2021 | SmartNews launches COVID-19 vaccine tracker in United States and Japan | |
| 27.10.2020 | SmartNews is the best way to track real-time results on Election Day | |
| 17.09.2020 | SmartNews’ U.S. app unveils new features for the elections, COVID-19 and local weather | News discovery app SmartNews’ new election features for U.S. users
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, SmartNews announced the release of major new features for the American version of its news discovery app, designed to make it easier for users t... |
| 17.09.2020 | SmartNews’ Kaisei Hamamoto on how the app deals with media polarization | Six years ago, SmartNews took on a major challenge. After launching in Japan in 2012, the news discovery app decided that its first international market would be the United States. During Disrupt 2020, co-founder Kaisei Hamamoto talked abou... |
| 17.09.2020 | SmartNews aims to provide voters with the most comprehensive, real-time, local and national information during the pandemic and Election 2020 | |
| 03.03.2020 | SmartNews’ local news feature now covers more than 6,000 U.S. cities | SmartNews, the news aggregation app that hit a unicorn valuation last year, has spent its time growing its local news feature. With the United States presidential election underscoring both the importance of local news and its challenges, S... |
| 19.11.2019 | Looking At SmartNews’s User Growth And Revenue Scale | 11 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
SmartNews, a news aggregation service, raised $92 million this week at a $1.2 billion valuation. The dollar amount subsumes a smaller round from August when the startup announced that it had raised ... |
| 19.11.2019 | Looking At SmartNews’s User Growth And Revenue Scale | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
SmartNews, a news aggregation service, raised $92 million this week at a $1.2 billion valuation. The dollar amount subsumes a smaller round from August when the startup announced that it had raised ... |
| 18.11.2019 | Top tech startup news for today, Monday, November 18, 2019 – Tesla, WeWork, SmartNews, Northzone, Radpay | Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Monday, November 18, 2019.
Tesla Supercharger catches fire at a Wawa store in New Jersey: A Tesla Supercharger located at a Wawa convenience store ignited in Parsippany, ... |
| 18.11.2019 | SmartNews Closes $92M Series E Funding Round | SmartNews, Inc., a global news discovery company, is completing its $92m Series E funding round.
The round, which brought total funding to $182m to date on a $1.2 billion valuation, was led by Japan Post Capital Co. Ltd. and ACA Investments... |
| 18.11.2019 | SmartNews raises $92M at a $1.2B valuation | Looks like there’s still money to be made in news aggregation — at least according to the investors backing the news app SmartNews.
The company is announcing the close of a $92 million round of funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. The fu... |
| 30.09.2019 | SmartNews’ head of product on how the news discovery app wants to free readers from filter bubbles | Since launching in the United States five years ago, SmartNews, the news aggregation app that recently hit unicorn status, has quietly built a reputation for presenting reliable information from a wide range of publishers. The company strad... |
| 16.09.2019 | SmartNews’ latest news discovery feature shows articles from across the political spectrum | Even before the 2016 election, political polarization was increasing, with Americans so entrenched in the news sources they rely on that the Pew Research Center said “liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds.” Now SmartNews, the ... |
| 05.08.2019 | News discovery app startup SmartNews becomes a unicorn with $28 million in funding, now valued at $1.1 billion | SmartNews, a machine-learning news discovery app startup, has secured $28 million in funding to accelerate its rapid growth in the U.S. Led by Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd., the Series E round brings the company’s total funding to $116 milli... |
| 05.08.2019 | SmartNews Raises $28M in Series E Funding | SmartNews, Inc., a global news discovery company, secured $28m in Series E funding.
The round, which brings total funding raised to date to $116m and its valuation to $1.1 billion, was led by Japan Post Capital Co., Ltd.
The company intends... |
| 04.08.2019 | News discovery app SmartNews valued at $1.1B | A $28 million financing has made SmartNews, an AI-powered news aggregation app, a unicorn.
Japan Post Capital led the Series E round, which brings the company’s total investment to $116 million and pushes its valuation to $1.1 billion. Exis... |
| 16.07.2018 | SmartNews app reaches 10 million monthly users as it counters fake news | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SmartNews said it has reached more than 10 millio... |
| 16.07.2018 | SmartNews app reaches 10 million monthly users as it counters fake news | SmartNews said it has reached more than 10 million monthly active users in the U.S. and Japan for its news discovery experience that is curated by machine language and trusted journalism sources.
The news app curates news from more than 3,0... |
| 08.07.2016 | News-Discovery Mobile App SmartNews Raises $38M in Series D Financing | SmartNews, a Tokyo, San Francisco and New York-based news-discovery mobile app, raised $38m in Series D financing.
The round was led by Development Bank of Japan, with participation from SMBC Venture Capital and Japan Co-Invest L.P. (manage... |
| 08.07.2016 | Japanese app SmartNews raises $38m Series D round led by DBJ | Premium
Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has led a $38-million series D financing round in Japanese award-winning news mobile app SmartNews, bringing the company’s total funding to $90 million.
Continue reading this story with a subscription... |
| 07.07.2016 | News discovery app SmartNews nabs another $38M, now valued at $500M-$600M | As large platforms like Facebook and Apple position themselves as the new go-to places to read news, an independent app that started in Japan has landed a new round of funding to raise its own game. SmartNews — a news aggregation app that w... |
| 26.01.2016 | A Genius Bar That Makes House Calls | The Enjoy Bay Area office. (Photo: Enjoy)
One of the great things about today’s personal-technology products is how simple they are to set up and learn.
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Truth is, even today’s user-friendliest devices aren’t actually easy for ... |
| 20.07.2015 | Prismatic Pivots To B2B, Packaging Its Content Interest Graph Into APIs For Different Verticals | The market for news reading apps got a little more crowded earlier this year when Apple dropped into the scene with Apple News. But as of today, it’s thinning out a little bit once more.
Prismatic — a company that developed a way to suggest... |
| 03.04.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 4/3/15 | DroneDeploy, Fitbit, HyTrust, Noom, SalesLoft, Thrasos, Monkimun, ReadyPulse, GoFormz, Scutify, FLYR
Seed stage
Monkimun, an educational technology company, raised $1 million in seed funding from investors including 500 Startups, Incuvest, ... |
| 01.04.2015 | SmartNews Raises $10M in Funding | SmartNews, a Tokyo, Japan-based news-discovery app, raised $10m in a bridge round.
The investment was led by GREE, with participation from Globis Capital Partners, Atomico, Mixi and Social Venture Partners.
The company, which has now raised... |
| 30.03.2015 | Japan’s SmartNews Raises Another $10M At A $320M Valuation To Expand In The U.S. | While general sites like Facebook, Twitter and Google stake their claims as news portals, apps focused squarely on reading news continue to duke it out.
The latest development comes from SmartNews, a popular app founded in Japan that compet... |
| 30.03.2015 | News reader app SmartNews raises $10M to open up shop in San Francisco | Japan-based news aggregating application SmartNews just snagged $10 million to open up an office in San Francisco and attract top machine-learning engineers.
SmartNews aggregates news from around the web and through partnerships with media ... |
| 30.03.2015 | News reader app SmartNews raises $10M to open up shop in San Francisco | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Japan-based news aggregating application SmartNew... |
| - | Growing and Evolving: An Update on Our Funds | Photo by Suzanne D. Williams on Unsplash
Our funds have experienced dramatic growth over the past year. So, I wanted to provide an overview of where things stand.
Ataraxia. In mid-2020, we set up our first formal fund management company, ... |
| - | Smart News | “SmartNews hopes to deliver high-quality information gathered from around the world to as many people as possible through algorithms that continuously analyze vast amounts of information from around the world day and night and a comfortable... |
| - | Our Second Generation: Growth and Change at Our Funds | Photo by qinghill on Unsplash
Our funds have been active for 10 years, so it is a natural time for reflection, change, and growth.
Happily, the funds that started it all, Social Starts, are doing quite well. In 2021, we have had four majo... |
| - | Smart News | “Trusted by over 40+ million worldwide readers, SmartNews provides the best news, stories and events across 200+ local news sites.” |
