Internet top news stories aggregator.
May 23, 2012 4:54 PM Subscribe
Is there a news site that collects the "top news stories" from various news sites into a single site?
For example CNN, Time, and a hundred other sites have a "Top 10 [5] Time stories" in the sidebar. Does any site put these together to a single page? (Or have I had an actual original idea for a news site??)
For example CNN, Time, and a hundred other sites have a "Top 10 [5] Time stories" in the sidebar. Does any site put these together to a single page? (Or have I had an actual original idea for a news site??)
I suppose that's "top stories" rated such by users, however... not news sites themselves. Hope it helps regardless.
posted by camylanded at 4:57 PM on May 23, 2012
posted by camylanded at 4:57 PM on May 23, 2012
Isn't that pretty much what Google News is supposed to be?
Or do you want everything broken out by source? Top Time stories followed by top CNN stories, etc?
posted by AndrewStephens at 5:00 PM on May 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
Or do you want everything broken out by source? Top Time stories followed by top CNN stories, etc?
posted by AndrewStephens at 5:00 PM on May 23, 2012 [3 favorites]
It's a little more on the quirky/weird/entertaining news side, like reddit, but maybe you can search in fark.com?
posted by shortyJBot at 5:05 PM on May 23, 2012
posted by shortyJBot at 5:05 PM on May 23, 2012
Best answer: Alltop.com and its many branches.
posted by yclipse at 5:06 PM on May 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by yclipse at 5:06 PM on May 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: On your mobile device, there's Pulse and News 360 and Flipboard. On the web there's News Map.
posted by desjardins at 5:07 PM on May 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by desjardins at 5:07 PM on May 23, 2012 [2 favorites]
Best answer: I feel like popurls sort of does this, but not explicitly which I think is what you are suggesting.
posted by jessamyn at 5:08 PM on May 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by jessamyn at 5:08 PM on May 23, 2012 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: I suppose that's "top stories" rated such by users, however... not news sites themselves.
Or do you want everything broken out by source? Top Time stories followed by top CNN stories, etc?
Yes, I would like to see Time's top five or top ten in one nested table, then CNN's list next to it, and on and on. Top stories as chosen by the individual site, or most emailed...whatever. Any and all of it. Google news is kind of there but emphasizes the top story of the hour, and doesn't list the top ten. I suppose not all news sites have that list in the sidebar, but it is pretty frequent.
posted by zardoz at 5:17 PM on May 23, 2012
Or do you want everything broken out by source? Top Time stories followed by top CNN stories, etc?
Yes, I would like to see Time's top five or top ten in one nested table, then CNN's list next to it, and on and on. Top stories as chosen by the individual site, or most emailed...whatever. Any and all of it. Google news is kind of there but emphasizes the top story of the hour, and doesn't list the top ten. I suppose not all news sites have that list in the sidebar, but it is pretty frequent.
posted by zardoz at 5:17 PM on May 23, 2012
Response by poster: Newsmap and especially popurls are really close to what I was thinking, thanks!
posted by zardoz at 5:19 PM on May 23, 2012
posted by zardoz at 5:19 PM on May 23, 2012
If you can ignore the spin, Drudgereport is a pretty good new aggregator.
posted by gjc at 5:43 PM on May 23, 2012
posted by gjc at 5:43 PM on May 23, 2012
I think Newser does this.
posted by wittgenstein at 6:44 PM on May 23, 2012
posted by wittgenstein at 6:44 PM on May 23, 2012
...this is basically the point of rss feeds. Get a gmail account, then get some news "gadgets" for iGoogle; with each feed you can customize the number of "top" articles shown.
My iGoogle homepage: NYT, NYT Politics, NPR, CNN, Wash Post, Google News. Can't be beat.
posted by lobbyist at 9:06 PM on May 23, 2012
My iGoogle homepage: NYT, NYT Politics, NPR, CNN, Wash Post, Google News. Can't be beat.
posted by lobbyist at 9:06 PM on May 23, 2012
Invididurls lets you create a simple, clean aggregator.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:39 AM on May 24, 2012
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:39 AM on May 24, 2012
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posted by camylanded at 4:57 PM on May 23, 2012