News discovery app SmartNews nabs another $38M, now valued at $500M-$600M

{rss:content:encoded} News discovery app SmartNews nabs another $38M, now valued at $500M-$600M http://ift.tt/29uIaBQ http://ift.tt/29qENhm July 08, 2016 at 05:00AM  As large platforms like Facebook and Apple position themselves as the new go-to places to read news, an independent app that started in Japan has landed a new round of funding to raise its own game. SmartNews — a news aggregation app that works with some 1,500 publications and selects stories for you based on your reading activity in the app — has raised another $38 million in… Read More