A daily news edition · coming in 2027
Colophon reads 116 outlets in 37 countries and writes you one finished edition, sized to the time you have. Every source comes with its owners and its funders. Then it ends.
iPhone & iPad · Android · Mac · Windows · Linux · Web
Example edition · invented outlets
World → Europe · in depth
Four outlets, one decision: what they agree on, and where the numbers differ.
The Morning Ledger Harbor Post Daily Meridian La Gazzetta Libera
The facts
✓ You're up to date. Next edition tomorrow at 8:00.
Anti-doomscrolling
News apps are built to keep you scrolling. Colophon is built to let you stop. Choose 15, 20 or 30 minutes and we write exactly that much, in order of what matters and what changed since you last read. When you reach the end, you're done, and you're up to date.
Measured in words, not swipes. The edition fits the minutes you chose.
Stories you've read don't come back. A follow-up appears only when something actually changed.
No infinite scroll, no autoplay, no streaks. One notification: your edition is ready.
Transparency
In print, the colophon is the small box that tells you who publishes a paper. We put it next to every headline you read.
From the outlet to the company, the holding and the ultimate owner, with the size of each stake.
Subscriptions, advertising, public money, foundations: the mix that keeps each newsroom running.
Where an outlet sits on left and right, on the government and more. Each rating says where it comes from and how sure we are.
When a story touches an outlet's own owners, you see it before you read.
Every side
For each story Colophon gathers how outlets across the spectrum told it: what they agree on, where they differ, which words they chose. You make up your own mind.
“A historic show of unity”
“Reserve agreed, costs still unclear”
“Brussels takes control of national stocks”
Example edition · invented outlets
Rhythms
One edition at 8:00, with what to watch today.
8:00, 13:00 and 19:00: three short editions that never repeat each other.
One edition at 19:00: the day, settled, and what to expect tomorrow.
Work & Private Life
Connect Outlook, Microsoft To Do or Google Calendar, read-only. Your first edition opens with your day: meetings, free windows, deadlines and three priorities, with the news that touches your plans. Calendar data is encrypted with a key that is yours alone and never enters the news.
Principles
Every edition is labelled. Every claim links back to the articles it comes from.
Editions in 10 languages, from outlets in 37 countries.
No advertising, no tracking cookies, no data sales. Download or delete your data at any time.
Any edition, read aloud by your device's own voice.
Pricing
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$6.99a month, or $59.99 a year
Prices in US dollars; local prices vary by country. One subscription works on every device.
No. An aggregator gives you a list that never ends. Colophon gives you one written edition with a beginning and an end, built from many sources and sized to your time.
An AI model (Claude, by Anthropic) writes them from the articles published by the outlets, and every edition says so. Each story links to the original articles, so you can always check.
From public sources such as company registries and Wikidata, plus our own research. Every outlet card shows its sources and how well each fact is verified; estimates are marked as estimates.
Always. Every story links to the articles it comes from. Outlets with a paywall keep their paywall.
We collect only what we need to write your editions. No advertising, no tracking cookies, no data sales, and you can download or delete everything from your settings.
We're opening a closed beta on iPhone and Android first. People on the waitlist get in first, in the order they confirmed.
Join the waitlist. Once you confirm, you get a personal link: friends who join with it move you up the list.