February 4th, 2013

City-Focused News App Spun Partners With A+E, AskMen, The Awl, And Others

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Spun, a mobile app pulling together news stories relevant to your city, is announcing several content deals with well-known publishers, including A+E Networks, AskMen, Gothamist, Untapped Cities, The Awl Network, CultureMap, and “dozens” more.

These deals are another way to make sure the app has plenty of locally relevant content and also suggests that content will cover a pretty broad… → Read More

November 28th, 2012

The Broadcastr Team Launches Its ‘Next Evolution’: Spun, A Local News App That Connects Content To Real-World Locations

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Here’s an app with a more local take on personalized news — Spun, which aggregates a mix of content relevant to your city.

Spun was created by the same startup behind Broadcastr, an app allowing users to create audio content and pin it to real-world locations. Broadcastr is still available, but co-founder and President Scott Lindenbaum said the new app represents the “next evolution of the… → Read More