Powerful new platform enables local bloggers to reach
mainstream audience
Singapore 17 July 2012 - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd
(SingTel) today launched NewsLoop, a ground breaking
e-Reader app for iPad that offers the largest selection of
Singapore news, blogs, lifestyle articles, photographs and
videos. The app also includes content from a wide
range of leading international sources.
From business headlines and technology news, to restaurant
reviews and health tips, NewsLoop offers articles from more
than 230 local and international media sources and blogs in
25 categories. Users can browse through local
favourites such as TODAY, The Online Citizen, Channel
NewsAsia, publichouse.sg, ieat.ishoot.ipost, Chubby Hubby,
CNet Asia, Techgoondu, Tech65 and Lady Iron Chef.
Internationally renowned news sources such as Reuters,
Bloomberg, BBC and ESPN are also available through the app.
(Please refer to Annex 1 for a full list).
Mr Cheong Hai Thoo, SingTel's Head of Multimedia, said:
"NewsLoop is designed by Singaporeans for
Singaporeans. It differentiates itself from other
news apps by being the first to cater specifically to the
needs and interests of local readers. It also
provides local media and bloggers with a powerful new
platform to reach a wider audience and earn additional
revenue for their content."
"Studies have shown that 30 per cent of consumers who read
news on a tablet spend more time reading news than they did
before they purchased their tablet (1).
With NewsLoop's unique mix of content sources, we hope to
provide these users with different perspectives of news and
events in Singapore and around the world," he said.
NewsLoop renders articles in a fresh and easy-to-read
magazine-style format. Readers no longer have to scan
through long lists of posts and click on link after link.
Instead, they can enjoy quick access to all stories and
images with a few swipes, making it simpler and more
entertaining than ever to discover, view and share content.
They can also view the latest headlines in one glance by
selecting the carousel mode.
Readers can customise the categories and news sources that
they access according to their needs. The app allows users
to add news feeds and timelines from Facebook and Twitter.
Over time, NewsLoop learns the interests of users and helps
them to discover articles that will appeal to them.
Mr Cheong said that NewsLoop is an important addition to
SingTel's growing suite of multimedia offerings, which
includes the award-winning AMPed music service, skoob eBook
service, deF!ND digital concierge and mio TV.
"SingTel is transforming from a provider of traditional
telecommunications services to a multimedia solutions
provider. We are constantly developing new apps and
services that make the most of our networks and mobile
technology to enhance the lives of our customers," he said.
NewsLoop is available for free download from the Apple App
Store. For more information, please visit www.newsloop.co.
ANNEX 1- NewsLoop local and international
content sources:
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Singapore content sources
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A Table For Two
Andy Lee
Anncoo Journal
Appetite Asia
Bagaholicboy
Beauty Fool
Bonjour Singapore
Channel NewsAsia
Christine's Recipes
Chubby Hubby
Cooking in the City
Cuisine Paradise
D for Dot
Danny Santos
Delicious Asian Food
DestinAsian
Dominique Desk
DOPE.SG
e27
EA Singapore
Esplanade
Expat Living
Ezyhealth & Beauty
Fash-Eccentric
Fever Avenue
Giving It Forward
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Eco Beauty Secrets
Eco Walk the Talk
Great Deals Singapore
Great New Places
Green Future Solutions
H88
Home Rejuvenation
Honeycombers
Humble Bean
iCarsSingapore
IDA Singapore
ieatishootipost
Indochine Kitchen
inSing
iProperty
IS Magazine
JUICE
Keropokman
Kids and Parenting
Kiss My Culture
Lady Iron Chef
Lifestyle Asia
Little Green Dot
Low Carbon Singapore
Makeup Stash!
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Maybe Baby
Mio Stadium
Miss Tam Chiak
MoneySmart
MoneySmart.sg
Moshin' Mag
Mr Brown
MsGlitzy
MTV Asia
Music Services Asia
My Auto Blog
My Cooking Hut
Nasi Lemak Lover
NewsSingapore
No Recipes
Noob Cook
Notatourist
Nylon Singapore
OneShift
Our EM Renovation Experience
Plussixfive
Poisepolish
Power of Pop
Property Report
PropertyGuru
Publichouse.sg
Rediscover Singapore
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RightClicka
Roseannetangrs
SG Entrepreneurs
sgCarMart
Sindie Only
Singapore Arts Fest
Singapore Business Review
Singapore Motherhood
Smitten Kitchen
SOFT SG
SPH Razor TV
Steamy Kitchen
Tech65
Techgoondu
The Health Guru
The Little Teochew
The Mad Scene
The New Age Parents
The Online Citizen
Today Online
Viona Wang
Virtual Worlds for Kids
Viva Woman
Voucher Wow
Wild Rice
Zero Waste Singapore
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International content sources
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2point6billion
Al Jazeera
All Day I Dream About Photography
Allure.com
Appolicious
Arkive Blog
Asia Today
Asianbite
Asians On Film
AskMen
Autobiography.net
Avid Mystery Reader
BBC
BestAppSite
Blogfathers!
Bloomberg View
Buttons in the Bread
Camemberu
Chicago Tribune
CinemaOnline
CNET Asia
Coffee & Cliffhangers
Cookbooks We Love
Cosmos Magazine
CPopAccess
Craig Hickman (Tennis Blog)
Crime Fiction Collective
Curbly.com
DA MAN
Design Milk
desire to inspire
Diet.com
Digital Photography Review
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Digital Science Fiction
E! Online
Earth Shots
Eco-Business
Economist's View
Engadget
England Team Videos
EPL Talk
ESPN Soccernet
ESPN.co.uk
EW.com
eyecurious
F Movie Mag
Fantasy Book Critic
Fodor's
FOX Singapore
France 24
Frommer's
GameSpot Asia
Gamezebo
Gizmodo
Glamour
Goal.com
Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
Great New Places
Green Drinks Singapore
The Guardian
Haymarket
HealthCastle.com
Hollywood Reporter
HOPE & ANCHOR
ITN News
Jalopnik
Japan Cinema
JayneStars
Jim Rogers Channel
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Josh Daniel Photography
JpopAsia
Junk Online
Kill Screen Daily
Kotaku
Lambda Literary
Lauren's Crammed Bookshelf
Literary Treats
LushHomeMedia
Mashable
Michelle Phan
MovieWeb
Mr & Mrs Smith
My Yoga Online
NBA on YouTube
New Books in Biography
NLB High Browse
Passport Chop
PDN
People.com
Photoshop User TV
Phototuts+
PictureCorrect
Pioneer Woman Photography
Pitchfork
Publishing Perspectives
ReadWriteWeb
Republican
Reuters
Road & Track
SAM Telly
Serie A Weekly
Shape Magazine
Shutter Sisters
Soccerlens
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Sports Illustrated
Sugar Inc
Tech in Asia
TechCrunch
Telegraph
Teleread
The Book Muncher
The Compulsive Reader
The Discarded Image
The Hackers Paradise (Golf)
The Hollywood Reporter
The Next Web
The Paris Review
the style files
The Travel Magazine
The YA YA YAs
Threadbangers
TIME
TMZ.com
Touropia
VEVO
VR-Zone
WildGrounds
Xinhua
YA Book Central
YA Reads
Young Adult Book Review
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(1) Pew Research Center's Project for
Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The
Economist Group (Oct 2011) (http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/tablet)
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