How much money can writers make with the NewsBreak Creator Program?
For writers looking for new ways to make money in 2022, NewsBreak could very well be the next big thing. The digital publishing platform has picked up steam in recent times and seems set to become a major player in the news aggregation industry going forward. What exactly is News Break all about, and what opportunities does it present for writers? In this article, you will get answers to those questions, and then some.
NewsBreak describes itself as “the number 1 local news aggregator in the United States…delivering up-to-the-minute local news that matters to locals in neighborhoods throughout the nation.”
The Silicon Valley-based company was founded in 2015 by Jeff Zheng, a media veteran from China and former head of Yahoo Labs Beijing, along with Ren Xuyang, a Baidu former executive. Lamenting the focus on international news by most media houses, the platform seeks to bridge the gap between the demand for relevant local content and the availability of it (or lack thereof).
The site was founded in 2015 but truly took off in 2019. Since January of that year, the News Break app has been ranked several times as the number one news app on both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.
NewsBreak has also seen close to a doubling of its user base, moving from 23 million to 45 million monthly active users within a year, and currently reports 1.5 billion page views per month.
Amidst the Coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, the News Break app became the third most downloaded iOS app in the U.S., a feat which has attracted attention from the wider public and resulted in new investors coming on board. It has also been posited as a major opportunity for content creators across the country, particularly as it relates to its Creators Program.
Already, NewsBreak boasts a community of over 10,000 content creators and is…
