Startup Miran Pavić among the three most innovative digital products in America

Twain, an American news application founded by an entrepreneur from Croatia, has been selected as one of the three most innovative digital products in North America. This was announced by the global association of newspapers and publishers WAN-IFRA, and competing for their prestigious awards alongside Twain are names such as the Washington Post, New York Times, ProPublica, Bloomberg, and NBC.

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In its annual selection of the North American Digital Media Awards, the WAN-IFRA expert jury awards prizes for the best news portal, best social media engagement, best use of data visualization, as well as the most innovative new digital product.

In competition with the Washington Post

In that category, the media startup Twain has been selected as one of the three finalists, alongside the Washington Post, and the final winner will be announced in October at a gala ceremony in New York.

– It is surreal for us to see Twain, which has only existed for a few months, in such competition, said Miran Pavić, director and founder of Twain.

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Twain Technologies Inc. was founded in the United States in 2016, and behind it are Miran Pavić, who is also the director of Telegram Media Group, and Mak Hodžić from Croatia. Twain has already been covered by foreign media and esteemed professional publications such as Nieman Lab, and it is a mobile application that, with the help of advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence, provides users with the most relevant news.

Twain is one of the finalists for @WANIFRA_NA’s Digital Media Awards! https://t.co/YAF3TmkMRa #DMNA17 #DigitalMedia pic.twitter.com/4J5rsO6TGr

— Twain (@twainnews) September 13, 2017

Twain’s algorithms search and analyze millions of pages in real-time to reveal new content, authors, stories, and sources to users through complex processes and calculations. The current version of Twain is tailored for the American market and is available on iOS and Android.

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– Social networks like Facebook and Twitter provide users with content they have already liked, clicked, or viewed, they say at Twain.

– This means that there is a huge amount of news and stories that we do not see, nor do we know that we have not seen them. This became evident during the American presidential elections, where supporters of one side were unaware that supporters and arguments of the other side existed. We are glad that WAN-IFRA recognized the potential of our approach, they add.

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WAN-IFRA was founded in 1948, and today represents 18 thousand publications and 3 thousand companies and startups in 120 countries. They advocate for freedom of expression, innovation in publishing, the merging of technology and journalism, and every year they organize awards and conferences that are considered the most relevant in the world.

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