Newslines

The "Wikipedia of News" -- Handcrafted news timelines on any topic, accelerated by rewarding writers in Bitcoin.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Media and Entertainment
  • Location Sarasota, FL, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded April 2014
  • Employees 2
  • Website newslines.org

Company Summary

Newslines is a hand-crafted online news archive made up of timelines about any topic. Newslines targets Wikipedia's many weaknesses in order to take the No. 1 position on millions of Google search results, giving huge traffic. Newslines accelerates its growth by rewarding contributors with Bitcoin.

Team

  • Mark Devlin
    CEO

    Born in Scotland. Moved to Japan in 1989. Founded Metropolis, Japan's No 1 English magazine (city & entertainment guide, 80 full color pgs/week, 1000 ads/issue, $4m sales, 20% profit, 35 staff) Founded japantoday.com, Japan's No 1 News and discussion site (Alexa top 5000 site). Sold businesses for $4 million in 2007. Handles: Tech, Design, Content, Strategy. Our newsline: http://newslines.org/mark-mary-devlin/

  • Mary Devlin
    COO

    Born in Scotland. Moved to Japan in 1990. Worked for Andersen Consulting and UBS before starting magazine business with Mark. Was CEO for first 5 years. Handles: Sales, Strategy, Finance. Has met with hundreds of small and international clients.

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