Ongo was a news site that compiled stories from newspapers and major media outlets including The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, ProPublica, the Financial Times and over 50 other sites. The site received $12 million in initial financing from Gannett Company, Inc., The New York Times Company and The Washington Post Company. The site was divided into eight sections: U.S., world, business, science and technology, sports, arts and entertainment, life and opinion. History Ongo was founded by CEO Alex Kazim, who devised the idea for the site after growing "frustrated with the low quality of most news sites." Kazim, who had previously held executive positions at Skype, PayPal and eBay, looked to improve the online news-reading experience by combining news sites in one place, implementing a reader-friendly design and removing advertisements. Ongo launched January 25, 2011. It is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Ongo more than doubled its number of available publications in May 2011, when the site announced it had added the Los Angeles Times, Reuters, regional New York Times Company papers, the Chicago Tribune and other papers owned by the Tribune Company. It also launched a redesigned site in July 2011, introducing features such as the "Day in Photos" and "Must Reads". Ongo ceased operations as of June 1, 2012. Purpose Ongo aimed to compile news from "trusted titles" in one location, while also looking to provide a premium user experience. The user experience was based on design (stories are presented in columns) and a lack of advertisements on site. Ongo used both a proprietary relevance engine and a staff of professional editors to find and highlight important stories. In addition to focusing on top stories, Ongo's editorial staff selected interesting stories and editorial pieces that were showcased for Ongo subscribers. Features A standard Ongo package included the New York Times Picks, USA Today, the Associated Press, Financial Times Selected Content, The Washington Post, ProPublica and Reuters. The basic package typically contained over 800 stories per day. Users could add other publications to their individual packages. Other features included the following: Topics - News playlists, which compiled all stories pertaining to certain key words or phrases the subscriber has specified. Clips - An option that allowed readers to store articles to read at a later time. All clipped stories are compiled in one page for readers. Clubs - Subscriber-created groups where members