{"id":741867,"date":"2013-03-14T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=225974"},"modified":"2013-03-14T17:36:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T21:36:11","slug":"nowthis-news-the-video-app-from-former-huffpo-execs-launches-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/741867","title":{"rendered":"NowThis News, the video app from former HuffPo execs, launches on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NowThis News, the video news app <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/2012\/11\/05\/nowthis-news-the-social-news-video-app-from-huffpos-former-leaders-goes-live\/\">launched last year<\/a>\u00a0on iOS\u00a0by former Huffington Post executives Ken Lerer and Eric Hippeau, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nowthisnews.vidplay&#38;feature=search_result%23?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5ub3d0aGlzbmV3cy52aWRwbGF5Il0.\">launched on Android<\/a> Thursday afternoon.<\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/2012\/11\/05\/nowthis-news-the-social-news-video-app-from-huffpos-former-leaders-goes-live\/\">As we reported last fall<\/a>, NowThis provides &#8220;a combination of original and third-party news videos&#8221; aimed at mobile users. There are about 1,500 videos available so far, and the company plans to add more.<\/p> <p>NowThis is also launching an updated version of its iPad app soon. 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As we reported last fall, NowThis provides &#8220;a combination of original and third-party news videos&#8221; aimed at mobile users. 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