Circa is a mobile-only app for reading news that presents stories as collections of facts from various sources. For its focus on presenting news the way readers want it on their phones—in short chunks, added to as a story changes—Circa has been hailed as an example of the “post-article” news world. Its minimalist design breaks…

The Tyee is an online news organization that covers public-interest news and culture in British Columbia. The site was launched in 2003 by David Beers, a former Vancouver Sun journalist. It received $190,000 in initial funding from the British Columbia Federation of Labor and a labor-affiliated capital fund. The Tyee is structured as a for-profit…

Animal Político is a political news and aggregation website from México. Founded in October 2009, it first started as the Twitter account of a fictional character (Pájaro Político or Political Bird) curating content from international news organizations, breaking news, publishing scoops and even doing interviews in 140 characters. Pájaro Político was the first Mexican media outlet that…

The Fiscal Times is a New York-based online news organization that covers financial news and economic issues. The Fiscal Times was founded and initially funded in late 2009 by Pete Peterson, an investment banker and former U.S. commerce secretary. The Times planned to launch as a nonprofit but registered as a for-profit organization in order to…