Watchup wants to be a “Hulu for news junkies” on your iPad  | Nieman Journalism Lab | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
Knight News Challenge winner Watchup aggregates videos from YouTube for a new iPad app that lets users customize their own mini-newscasts.

 

Watch-whenever-you-want Family Guy reruns are great — but have you ever wished there was a Hulu for the news? The team behind Knight News Challenge winner Watchup hopes so.

 

Watchup is an iPad app that lets users curate their own newscasts. Pick 10 stories from 10 channels, then lean back with your morning coffee and watch as the stories roll past without user intervention. Channels cover topics like finance, technology, breaking news, business, and other news categories. The app comes preloaded with 10 channels, but users will be able to customize from a list of about 40 total....

 

[For time-strapped business people this quote says it all: "The whole experience is about bringing down the discovery point to just a few seconds." - JD]