NewsPicks USA, LLC

NewsPicks is a social platform that enables users to discover, share and comment on business news—free from the filter bubbles, trolling and fake news that plague other social news experiences. Experts across a range of topics pick stories and comment on them, and users can follow those people — as well as specific publications and topic areas — to fine-tune their experience. You get the news you want, with context and insight.NewsPicks was founded in Japan in 2013, and has since become the country's most widely used business news platform. It has more than 3 million registered users and more than 75,000 paying subscribers, with a price point of $15/month.The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uzabase, a business intelligence and media company that went public in 2016 and is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. In 2017, NewsPicks established a new joint venture with Dow Jones & Company, and in 2018 launched a US version of NewsPicks.http://newspicks.us/about/We believe that the pervasiveness of smartphones and social networks has fundamentally changed the global media landscape. NewsPicks' mission is to create a centralized platform to discover and share the highest quality business journalism, read and recommended by those you trust. Ultimately, we aim to build the world’s leading next-generation media business, based on a business model that combines an aggregation platform, high-quality community, and subscription-worthy content.