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Newser Launches “NY Times in 60 Seconds,” Local Coverage for 86 Markets

Press Contact: Jani Spede

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Even the New York Times thinks people don't have time for the Times. That's why it now provides summaries of its own stories—three pages worth. Newser (www.newser.com), the online news synthesizer that distills the best stories from a hundred news sources into lively summaries, believes you need an independent pro to do the job.

Starting today, Newser reads the Times for you, culling the "must-read" stories people are going to be talking about and giving you a crisp summary of each, housed in a dedicated NY Times grid you can scan in 60 seconds.

"Finally there's a way to read the New York Times without having to, well, read the New York Times,” says Newser founder Michael Wolff. “Newser truly brings the Times into the Internet age."

Newser also today launches “Best of the Glossies” and “Pundit Watch”—new grids featuring the day’s best magazine stories and most provocative opinion pieces from all over the Web.

And for users who’ve been asking for local news, Newser adds local news streams for more than 70 U.S. markets and another 16 international English-speaking cities using RSS feeds from sources selected by Newser’s editors. In addition to local news and weather, Newser Local will provide sports coverage from the AP and restaurant and nightlife reviews via Yelp.

Newser has been beta testing allowing its readers to create threads of stories on a particular topic in the news. Users have responded enthusiastically and Newser is now launching their Threads as an integral part of the site. “Newser’s threads harness the interests and enthusiasms of users for the benefit of other readers,” said Newser CEO Patrick Spain.

About Newser, LLC

Newser, LLC (www.newser.com) is an online news service that scans Internet news sources and, using human and machine-driven aggregation, delivers the best information in concise, efficient summaries, together with photos, video, audio and links to original stories. In April, 2008, it surpassed the half-million reader mark— just 6 months after its launch last year.