CNN Interactive Group
For news-conscious individuals and professionals seeking real-time updates on global politics, health, and breaking events.
Known forCNN: Live & Breaking News
CNN: Live & Breaking NewsFor news-conscious individuals and professionals seeking real-time updates on global politics, health, and breaking events.
CNN: Live & Breaking NewsDelivering fact-based global reporting and live breaking news to keep mobile users informed as stories unfold.
Target audience
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CNN: Live & Breaking News
v26.9
2mo ago
Primary focus
Global news and live reporting
Scale
indie
Target audience
News-conscious individuals and professionals seeking real-time updates on global politics, health, and breaking events.
Maintains an intense development pace with 12 updates in the last 6 months to support 24/7 live news delivery.
2 apps analysed
Stay informed on the day’s breaking news, live updates, and headlines with CNN.
Live-first video infrastructure enables immediate breaking news coverage
Analysis in progress
Tightly focused on 3 markets (Mexico, Spain, United States).
Based on 1 of 2 apps with localized market data — more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .
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Avg sentiment score
With 22 releases in the last six months and a massive, highly-engaged user base, it represents the primary benchmark for premium, subscription-driven news delivery.
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Strategic outlook coming soon.
What fed this analysis
Targets a distinct, high-value professional audience with a consistent release schedule of 20 updates in six months.
Provides a neutral, wire-service foundation that serves as a primary source for many other news outlets.
Maintains a high-velocity release cadence of 20 updates in six months, focusing on deep political and national coverage.
Leverages massive algorithmic personalization to aggregate news from thousands of sources globally.
System-level integration on iOS provides a distribution advantage that third-party apps cannot replicate.
Hyper-local focus captures a segment of the market that national news apps often ignore.
Focuses on real-time, user-generated safety alerts, carving out a niche in the 'breaking news' category.
Disrupting the traditional news model by enabling direct-to-consumer relationships between writers and readers.
