News Assist

The News Assist extension provides all necessities to the editor for news search, edit, publish and distribute to social media.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-04-18 due to Chrome Web Store policy violation
Users: 55
Rating: 4.00 (8)
Version: 1.21 (Last updated: 2013-09-19)
Creation date: 2013-09-19
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webNavigation
  • tabs
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • contextMenus
  • clipboardWrite
  • clipboardRead
Size: 272.38K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

The News Assist add-on provides all necessities without having to leave the web browser to the editor for:

News Searching – search and filter on relevant keywords.
Editing – edit and enrich with images, video and links in online editor.
Publishing – contact CMS and publish in right category.
Content Distributing to social media – distribute to the biggest social networks.

It is a powerful tool and a great working environment integrated with Chrome aimed to increase productivity of blog and website editors.

User reviews

it doesn't work
by Yashi Ladhani, 2014-06-08

Looks like the successor of Scribefire 3. At last i found a worthy alternative since Scribefire 4 is not what it used to be.
by John Schrijvers, 2013-09-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

News Assist requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

News Assist is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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