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1. thecurrent.rocanews.com › p › new-post-c89eNew Post - The Current

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   Jul 11, 2023 · After several months of failed meetings and turning over every stone, a call with a family friend led to our first investment in June 2020. We literally jumped up and down when we heard the news. “Guys this is actually happening,” Carney said. We quit our jobs and launched Roca out of a Washington, DC apartment in August 2020.

2. voices.media › rocanews-ceo-max-towey-onRocaNews CEO Max Towey on rebuilding the younger generation's ...

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   Jul 11, 2022 · RocaNews CEO Max Towey on rebuilding the younger generation’s trust in news. Loaded 0% - Here are some highlights: Founding RocaNews. It began in the pandemic. Come April 2020, our lives were the news. Everybody was inundated with news all day.

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3. tvnewscheck.com › journalism › articleRocaNews Builds A Youthful News Alternative On Instagram ...

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   Jun 14, 2022 · A center-lane news startup finds fertile ground among Gen Zers and millennials on Instagram and TikTok, tapping into exhaustion over cable news polarization and picking up more than 1.1 million followers in the process.

4. www.marketscreener.com › news › latestRocaNews Raises $4.4M and Acquires River to Build Social ...

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   Jan 19, 2022 · RocaNews closed a $4.4M seed round and acquired newstech company River to facilitate its mission to democratize the news. Roca will combine a booming online platform with AI and Web3 technology to eliminate partisanship and deliver factual and engaging content to viewers.

5. www.citybiz.co › article › 204075RocaNews Raises $4.4M | citybiz

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   NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RocaNews closed a $4.4M seed round and acquired newstech company River to facilitate its mission to democratize the news. Roca will combine a booming online platform with AI and Web3 technology to eliminate partisanship and deliver factual and engaging content to viewers.

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   Who is rocanews for?

   • Towey says the RocaNews Instagram has performed well in the 18-30 demographic, but even though the founding fathers of RocaNews — all of whom are in their mid-20s — set out to build a news publication for Gen Zers and young millennials like themselves, the daily newsletter is opened by many people in older demographics, too.

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   Does rocanews have a slide series?

   • Until lately, the majority of RocaNews’ stories have been packaged in slide series posts that Instagram users can click through. The slides feature photos and/or graphics, as well as bits of text that are often bullet-pointed. Towey, RocaNews’s CEO, says the cogent format helps RocaNews stick to its mission of “fact-forward,” nonpartisan reporting.

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   How does rocanews work?

   • The slides feature photos and/or graphics, as well as bits of text that are often bullet-pointed. Towey, RocaNews’s CEO, says the cogent format helps RocaNews stick to its mission of “fact-forward,” nonpartisan reporting. The group also stays on-brand by merely circling hot-button issues of the day.

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   How many employees does rocanews have?

   • RocaNews has grown from a staff of three, Towey says, and will soon employ 13, including writers, engineers, a head of video and an operations manager. There’s also a community manager to handle social media comments, online polls and other interactivity with RocaNews consumers, which Towey believes is a key element of the platform’s success.

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   Is building rocanews a dream come true?

   • “Building RocaNews has been a dream come true,” says Billy Carney, the RocaNews chairman, who worked in investment banking before partnering with the founders. “There is no reward like knowing the work you put your sweat and tears into both reaches and impacts people.

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   How many followers does rocanews have?

   • Let’s give them one.’” Fed up with the partisan punditry so prevalent in news — across both the TV and print media — Frost, Towey and another partner, Billy Carney, have since built RocaNews, a down-the-middle outlet delivering fact-centric stories via newsletter and Instagram, where they now boast more than 1.1 million followers.

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8. www.rocanews.com › aboutRocaNews

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   Our founders quit their jobs in August 2020 because they couldn’t bear consuming divisive, biased, and fear-mongering news any longer. News media had been deteriorating for years; the pandemic accelerated the trend.