Sidewire was a political news analysis platform available for the iOS marketplace. It was founded in 2012 by Andy Bromberg and
Tucker Bounds
Tucker Bounds (born January 13, 1979) is a public relations professional, who has been active in Republican politics. He served as a spokesperson for the McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Bounds also served as the Deputy Campaign Manager, Commun ...
, former spokesperson for the 2008 presidential campaign of
John McCain.
The app was launched at the beginning of the 2016 election cycle, originally billed as "Twitter for politics." Sidewire failed to build a substantial user base, and by June 2017 Sidewire ran out of investment and ceased operations.
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History
Sidewire was founded in 2012 by Andy Bromberg and Tucker Bounds.Spark Capital
Spark Capital is a venture capital firm in the United States, responsible for early-stage funding startups of consumer, commerce, FinTech, software, frontier, and media sectors. It has branches in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City.
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, with participation from Goldcrest Capital.[ The platform was launched in September 2015 as an app in the iOS marketplace. In June 2017, having burned through their Seed Funding and unable to secure further investment, Sidewire ceased operations. ][
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Platform
Sideline was 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.
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Former contributors
A partial list of former contributors to the platform
* Daniel Pfeiffer
Howard Daniel Pfeiffer (born December 24, 1975) is an American political advisor, author, and podcast host. He was the Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, for strategy and communications from 2013 to 2015.
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External links
Official website
American news websites
Companies established in 2012