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With this latest deal, Flipboard looks to build a news ecosystem beyond X

An effort to bring a broader news ecosystem to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is now in the hands of the social magazine app Flipboard.

Like many, he wanted there to be more access to news in the fediverse, particularly the X rival Mastodon, where many top publishers had yet to set up shop as they had on Twitter/X. After announcing its plans to integrate with the fediverse and ActivityPub — the protocol powering Mastodon and other federated apps — Flipboard made it possible for its users to follow Mastodon accounts from within its app, as well as follow and interact with others on the open social web and vice versa. Flipboard also brought its own editorial efforts to Mastodon with its 2023 launch of news “desks” designed for tracking stories in areas lik, tech, culture, science, and more, which weren’t automated accounts.

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