x.news is designed for the needs of the modern newsroom. Journalists can do more and
publish faster with up-to-date story information at their fingertips.

Cloud hosted App

Modern HTML5 interface

Get real-time updates

Never miss changes to your story

Single Search with MORE ON THIS™

Across all sources

Covers multiple news sources in flexible and customizable layouts

Wires, images, text, video, social media, internal MAM, DAM, …

Create your story

For publishing to newsroom, social media, web CMS

See all updates

Spot breaking news first and filter Latest by your story or by a profile

To give you access

to your special interest sources

x.news™ - A FASTER, SIMPLER WAY
TO FIND & USE INFORMATION

Cloud hosted App

Modern HTML5 interface
Get real-time updates

Never miss changes to your story
Share and collaborate

Work with colleagues on stories
Single Search with MORE ON THIS™

Across all sources
Covers multiple news sources in flexible and customizable layouts

Wires, images, text, video, social media, internal MAM, DAM, …
Create your story

For publishing to newsroom, social media, web CMS
Individual login

Personalised profile
See all updates

Spot breaking news first and filter Latest by your story or by a profile
To give you access

to your special interest sources

x.news™ - A FASTER, SIMPLER WAY
TO FIND & USE INFORMATION

The sources you need, without the clutter

All major news agencies
Images
Video & Audio
Social Media (Twitter, Facebook,
YouTube, Instagram and others)
Websites
Internal systems
PDFs, emails and image libraries (IPTC/EXIF)
WhatsApp group chats*
*requires third-party application
AP's Content API

explore source features

A story-centric workflow, tailored for journalists

Follow story updates
Spot breaking news fast
Collect what you need to create your story
Share with colleagues
Improved MOT™ search, live feed filters
Optional TimeLine™ module
Broadcast content from YouTube and Facebook with a single mouse click
Spot and bookmark important assets for later use
New design
Customizable theme

explore workflow features

work anywhere on a connected device

In the newsroom
At home
On location
Fast, secure sign-on
Better mobile experience, native app for iOS and Android
Improved Twitter integration inlc.
image and video previews
x.news™ plugin for Avid MediaCentral
Cloud | UX

explore mobility features

Sources

x.news can collect and search many different types of news source – see the examples below.

New connectors are constantly being added and can be built as required.

Agency Wires
• Reuters
• Associated Press
• UK PA
• DPA
• Interfax
• Tass
• WAM
• AFP
• Ritzau
• STT

social
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Instagram*
• WhatsApp Group Chats*
*requires third-party application

web
• Ingest via RSS or MRSS feeds
• Based on organisational set of feeds curated by customer
• Typically includes competitors, governments, businesses, social platforms
• User can add extra feeds per story

Images
• Getty Images
• Reuters
• Associated Press
• IPTC & EXIF image connector

Video
• Reuters
• Associated Press
• Internal MAMs

Audio
• DigaSystem
• Dalet

Newsroom systems
• AVID “iNEWS”
• Dalet “Galaxy”
• Ross “Inception”
• Web CMS
• and others

WORKFLOW

x.news provides a simple and intuitive workflow for journalists who need to stay across stories, prepare content and pass it on elsewhere for publishing and broadcast

find
View and search incoming story information
• Monitor all sources in real time
• Key-word search across all sources simultaneously
• Preview text, images, audio and video
• Organise/hide information columns
• ‘Profile’ source filter, e.g. for Sport, Entertainment
• MORE ON THIS™ search based on selected asset
• ‘Latest’ panel shows most recent information

follow
Keep track of stories as they develop:
• Save story search to ‘My Stories’ panel
• Get alerts for story updates
• Find and add extra Twitter accounts and RSS feeds
• Track key Twitter accounts
• Filter out irrelevant sources

collect
Gather useful content
• Collect relevant assets into personal story workspace
• Multiple workspaces per story
• View assets in full and organise

prepare
Create a story for publication or transmission
• Write notes, scripts or articles
• Multiple collections and multiple notes per story
• Email or export to newsroom, Web CMS or social media

share
Collaborate with colleagues
• Share saved story and associated workspace
• Follow shared stories from others
• View other workspaces
• Copy assets and scripts from others
• Email/text story links

At the scene of the crash, in a distant hotel room, at home… Journalists need to work anywhere,
but access to information can be difficult outside the newsroom.
But with cloud-based technology, x.news can be used on any connected device with a web browser.

NEWSROOM DISPLAY

Full-screen mode gives a heads-up display for newsdesks who need to monitor everything that’s going on.

PC AND LAPTOP

A fully-featured interface with no software installation required.

TABLET

A touch-friendly interface and responsive design makes it easy to stay up to date on location or in the studio.

MOBILE

Check the latest wires, video and images whenever you need to, with no app download required.

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DESIGNED BY JOURNALISTS
FOR JOURNALISTS

WE NEED AN EASIER WAY
TO MONITOR MANY DIFFERENT
INFORMATION SOURCES

Sources

WE ARE CONSTANTLY SWITCHING
BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
AND APPLICATIONS

WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO WORK
WHEREVER THE STORY IS

DESIGNED BY JOURNALISTS FOR JOURNALISTS

WE NEED AN EASIER WAY TO MONITOR MANY DIFFERENT INFORMATION SOURCES

Sources

WE ARE CONSTANTLY SWITCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WHEREVER THE STORY IS

DESIGNED BY JOURNALISTS
FOR JOURNALISTS

WE NEED AN EASIER WAY
TO MONITOR MANY DIFFERENT
INFORMATION SOURCES

WE ARE CONSTANTLY SWITCHING
BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
AND APPLICATIONS

WE NEED TO BE ABLE
TO WORK
WHEREVER THE STORY IS