Gather News
Collect news from thousands of different sources
NEWS IS DATA
NewsBlocks primary innovation is that news is data. Once news articles are converted into data it can be safeguarded on a censor-resistant blockchain, and priced, creating a global, open, news data marketplace that anyone can use to create the next generation of mobile, chat and voice news applications, such as trusted news feeds, automated fact checking systems, and fake news detectors,
Extract Data
Use Machine Learning to extract data and relationships
Verify & Store
Verify data and add to blockchain, creating a store of news value
Create Apps
Developers retrieve data to create trusted news applications
CASE STUDY: NEWSLINES APPLICATION
Newslines is the first application built on the NewsBlocks platform. It uses NewsBlocks as the core of a social news network that gives you complete unbiased news feeds on any topic.
In 2017, Newslines distributed over 1700 news summaries about Conor McGregor, the UFC fighter, to a network of over two million Facebook fans, resulting in 100 million views on Facebook and between one to six million monthly pageviews, for just this single newsline.
Check out some sample newslines…
The Slow Readers Club
The Slow Readers Club
The ultimate fan reference for the UK’s best upcoming band. Includes interviews, live performances, and album, video and single releases.
Robin Williams
The news history of the comedian and actor, showing all of his films.
Emma Sulkowicz
Unbiased news timeline of US campus alleged rape controversy, created from highly-partisan sources. Shown in biography view.
Ashley Highfield
A profile of a UK business leader that compiles news articles, videos, and speeches, in a more effective way than Google Search or LinkedIn.
Mt Gox
The complete news history of the failed cryptocurrency exchange.