How Storyful Is Turning Slack Into an Extension of Its Newswire

Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded. The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year, and all kinds of news organization — from The New York Times to us here at Nieman Lab — use Slack.

Storyful, the social news agency, is no exception. Owned by News Corp, Storyful is headquartered in Dublin, but also has offices in New York Hong Kong, and Sydney, and it uses Slack to keep in touch across the time zones.