NewsUp launched its public beta in August. The news engagement startup plans to hire three by year's end.
NewsUp has quizzes about news, craft brews and fictional crystal meth makers.
NewsUp knows. The online quiz startup posts fun tests on topics in the news, as well as on pop culture, history and sports. They even made a quiz for this year's Baltimore Innovation Week.
The startup hosted a Thursday night celebration at the Towson studios of WTMD, featuring local music, brews and food. Roughly 100 turned out to the launch party, founder and CEO Andrew Schuster said.
"It's still a public beta, but this is really the newest version of that," Schuster said.
NewsUp launched its beta in August.
NewsUp currently has five full-time employees, with plans to grow to eight by the year's end, he said.
Schuster said NewsUp will monetize itself through content partnerships as well as its own technology, which he said could have applications beyond the media business.