literally and actually had not even heard of this thing https://t.co/Kn1UGd7DVZ

— Chris Mohney (@chrismohney) July 9, 2021

Oh no how will I get my newz now :(

Rip Knewz https://t.co/VUlo5wtuTF pic.twitter.com/VHuEBvRt23

— Kerry Flynn ? (@kerrymflynn) July 9, 2021

....no knewz is good knewz amirite

no one else can do this joke i did it first https://t.co/dzWHgpN1Jm

— Nate Scott (@aNateScott) July 9, 2021

You snwez you lewz https://t.co/lhsTcvMCLy

— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) July 9, 2021

Hardly Knewz ya send tweet https://t.co/S50MDwC0hx

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) July 9, 2021

NEW: News Corporation is shutting down its startup news service Knewz after just 18 months operation.

— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 9, 2021

oh kno https://t.co/L2jzmY3lMb pic.twitter.com/I8PCxyDjR6

— maya kosoff (@mekosoff) July 9, 2021

It’s hard running a news aggregator profitably. https://t.co/PlCwPCjBcc

— Chris Tolles (@tolles) July 9, 2021

Will it go to live on a farm upstate with Tronc? https://t.co/KzkAVaw0wy

— Republicans are doing active harm to the country. (@beth4158) July 9, 2021

I forgot this existed after day 2 of its existence. https://t.co/gjoJEaR0Ws

— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) July 9, 2021

What season of Succession is this https://t.co/flGjAEr0PB

— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 9, 2021

Who could have Knownz? https://t.co/PXfzZUddyr

— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) July 9, 2021

Who could have seen this coming — the Quibi of news aggregation https://t.co/vzCFPfhgsL

— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) July 9, 2021

News Corp shuts down "Knewz"

directs readers to links to "some of the world's most trusted news sources"

Among them..... https://t.co/LWI2I4DiJ4

That's one definition of news https://t.co/hAONyL7S83

— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) July 9, 2021

Screenshot of Knewz on launch day, a real time capsule from a completely different world, in both news and graphic design terms https://t.co/4LO321hMmu

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) July 9, 2021

knewz goes90, joins tronc and quibi https://t.co/pivOpH8poS

— dan “Dan Flashes” seifert (@dcseifert) July 9, 2021

"Knewz is no more" pic.twitter.com/HzCbudU65b

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 9, 2021

We hardly knew(z) ya. https://t.co/9l1aNwk0j9

— Jay Yarow (@jyarow) July 9, 2021

"Knewz is no more, but here are links to some of the world’s most trusted news sources, including but not limited to realtor dot com." pic.twitter.com/eQ2NanO3eJ

— Jared Newman (@OneJaredNewman) July 9, 2021

Another Drudge competitor bites the dust. https://t.co/Dh63s5Q13y

— Simon Owens (@simonowens) July 9, 2021

who came up with the name 'Knewz'
show yourselfhttps://t.co/5IXmQymqPJ

— darth™ (@darth) July 9, 2021

The December 2020 broad core update didn't help matters. Huge drop during that update -> News Corp gives up on its ‘Knewz’ aggregator after 18 months

"Knewz was an attempt to gain some leverage against Google & FB's control over what articles users read." https://t.co/UxISiDjRz9 pic.twitter.com/RrrgiDYVIH

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) July 9, 2021

News Corp gives up on its "Knewz" aggregator after 18 months https://t.co/lSm3SFPpAw pic.twitter.com/CxwAvoN0oJ

— The Verge (@verge) July 9, 2021

Rupert Murdoch’s answer to Google News is dead after only 18 months | Ars Technica https://t.co/ieBX59tZyY

— Tim Edwards (@TimEdwardsZero4) July 9, 2021