Website sidewire.com | Launched September 2015 | |
Owners Andy Bromberg, Tucker Bounds Slogan(s) Get news and analysis from insiders without the noise. | ||
Sidewire is a political news analysis platform currently available in the iOS marketplace. It was founded in 2012 by Andy Bromberg and Tucker Bounds, former spokesperson for the 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain. The platform has been referred to as "Twitter for politics.".
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History
Sidewire was founded in 2012 by Andy Bromberg and Tucker Bounds. It was started with $4.85 million in Seed Funding from Spark Capital, with participation from Goldcrest Capital. The platform was launched in September 2015 as an app in the iOS marketplace..
Platform
Sideline is curated by political journalist, analysts, candidates, campaign managers, and elected officials. Curators are responsible for uploading links to news and then providing a 250 character summary. The information is then pushed to the Sideline platform and also Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Initial curators have included analysts and journalists from The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC, and NBC.
Current and former contributors
A partial list of current and/or former contributors to the platform