Apple News Gaining ‘Election Night’ Tab for up-to-the-minute Election Coverage

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On Election Eve, Apple will be replacing the standard “2018 Midterm Elections” channel with a new one called “Election Night” tab which will provide up-to-the-minute election news and information including a real-time map of how each party is doing in the House and Senate. The change will happen on Election Night around 8:00pm local time (when the polls close in that time zone).

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To ensure that readers can quickly keep tabs on results, Apple will also replace the central “Digest” tab in Apple News with the Election Night section. Apple is partnering with the Associated Press for the update, using its real-time election results to create dynamic infographics and a complete list of federal election results in every state, as well as House and Senate seats.

Apple is partnering with the Associated Press (AP) to ensure accuracy and up-to-the-minute information and election results.

Readers can expect the usual news coverage and live video feeds from existing Apple Newspartners as well:

Another section will focus on the latest developments – meaning breaking news headlines and stories related to election night coverage. This will feature news from a variety of sources including Axios, Politico, The Washington Post, Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, CBS, and others.

CBS News, CNN, and Fox News will also contribute video clips to the Election Night hub, while ABC will offer a live video feed. Another live video feed from NBC News will appear in a widget alongside the Live Results infographic.

Apple says that having a wide range of various news sources was necessary to ensure that all voters were informed about the election, no matter their political leaning. The company also notes that all of the Election Night coverage is not being driven by algorithms, and the November 6 update will see an “all-hands-on-deck” situation for the Apple News team.

This preference for human curation was recently highlighted in a report by The New York Times, which talked with Apple News editor in chief Lauren Kern about how her team approaches daily news curation for Apple. The company’s decision to lean more heavily on human-led news selection instead of algorithms is the opposite strategy of rivals like Google News and Facebook, and Kern argues that Apple’s way is “really the only legitimate way to do it at this point.”