This article showcases our top picks for the best New York City based Social News companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Social News industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top New York City Social News Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
BuzzFeed
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BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
Reuters
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Reuters is a news agency providing international and national news coverage related to business, investment, technology, and more.
ProPublica
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ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
Univision Communications
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Univision Communications is a media company that provides media-related services.
New York State
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New York State is a diverse agency in state government that works to make New York a more welcoming, equitable, and prosperous place.
First Look Media
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First Look Media is a new media company devoted to producing world-class investigative journalism and thought-provoking entertainment
Elite Daily
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Elite Daily is the premier news platform for and by millennials, the leading source for news and entertainment for the connected generation.
Tito
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a new kind of photo-sharing social network that shows people what’s happening around them in real-time and lets the news to buy user content
Grasswire
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Grasswire specializes in the fields of news, social media, and social news.
The Correspondent
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The Correspondent is Building a movement for unbreaking news.
Media Redefined
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Media Redefined was a Digital Agency started in December 2012. It was closed and digital assets were sold to Jason Hirschhorn in 2012.
Craterland
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Craterland is a video-sharing platform that taps into untraditional content creators to deliver local news & stories.
The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal is an American English language daily newspaper and website that features news from the U.S. and worldwide.
Tribeca Enterprises
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Tribeca Enterprises is a media outlet that offers news and updates of different entertainment industries.
Snazzy Media Group INC
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Snazzy is a Social Networking & an E/M-Commerce Provider of Lifestyle Information about any Celebrity, Brand or Events to all its Fans.
TIME Magazine
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Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City that features economic, technology, entertainment, and other news.
Epoch Times
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Epoch Times is an online and offline publication that provides news, articles, and information related to several categories.
MarketSnacks
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MarketSnacks is the digestible daily newsletter that simplifies Wall Street
Cricinfo
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Cricinfo is the leading online cricket portal. It was acquired by ESPN in June 2007.
FiveThirtyEight
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FiveThirtyEight maintains the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of the original site Nate Silver founded in 2008.
Democracy Now
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Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Village Voice Media
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Village Voice Media is group of metropolitan weekly publications.