Washington Post Acquires News Aggregator, iCurrent

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Washington Post Acquires News Aggregator [media.venturebeat.com]

The Washington Post Company has acquired iCurrent, an online tool that allows users to collect news automatically according to their interest. The purchase price was not disclosed, and while not a big deal, it was likely north of $5 million.

iCurrent had gotten solid reviews for being an easy, albeit no-frills site to let users create automated channels of news depending on their interests. If a user likes wine, international politics, and baseball, for example, they can select those topics, and iCurrent automatically pulls a feed of stories from credible sources to provide that news.

It just seems an odd acquisition to me.

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OK, I know people at the Post and I heard nothing about this. I visited iCurrent and, yeah, that's odd. I've got to think they've got an idea we're not seeing yet. As it stands now, there are more compelling, easier to use services such as this.

Good luck to them.