Media App Development

Social platforms are the go-to source for news for many people. But with a channel-specific app, content providers can analyze reader demand more effectively and deliver the best content to their unique audiences.

Key Features

Developing a successful news app is about providing the best mobile reading experience and offering stories rich with different content – photo galleries, videos, and animations.

Categorized news feeds
Customizable notifications
Search (for articles and within articles)
Daily polls
Commenting
Saved articles
Personal profiles
Social sharing

Competition

News apps face competition not just from other media outlets but also from news aggregators and social media platforms.

Name	Platform	Feature set
NYT VR	iOS, Android	NYT VR is a Virtual reality app by The New York Times. Stories featured in this app are reported by award-winning journalists in an immersive, 360-degree video format. Videos can be watched with or without Google Cardboard.
Buzzfeed	iOS, Android, Apple Watch	Viral content is what makes Buzzfeed successful. The app makes it easy for people to follow stories, customize notifications, and share stories with friends.
Flipboard	iOS, Android, web, Apple Watch	Flipboard is a personal magazine that collects stories from multiple publishers and social networks. Besides reading news, anyone can create a curated ‘magazine’ on Flipboard and start sharing articles from anywhere.

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If you’ve got an idea for the next great app for news and media, send us a message. We’ll help you take your idea from the front page of a newspaper to the App Store or Google Play.