Vin News

What Vin News does

Vin News is a privately held, WordPress-based multimedia news platform serving the global Jewish community, with an emphasis on Orthodox Jewish readers. Founded in 2007 under the name Vos Iz Neias and rebranded to VIN News in 2021, the publication delivers verified breaking news, commentary, and community coverage across categories including Israel, US, Jewish, Antisemitism, Politics, and World news, plus an obituary service for community members. The site is led by Editor Yehuda Eliyahu, with Rabbi Yair Hoffman overseeing the editorial board, and enjoys hundreds of thousands of monthly visits.

The product portfolio is anchored by the core website (vinnews.com) and extended through four owned distribution channels: a Daily Roundup email newsletter, a WhatsApp community group, a podcast distributed via JewishPodcasts.fm, and social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter/X, and LinkedIn. The technology stack is a standard WordPress deployment with no proprietary features, mobile apps, APIs, or AI/ML components disclosed. There are no patents, certifications, or partnership arrangements documented in the available data.

Vin News operates a free, advertising- and affiliate-supported business model with no subscription paywall or direct reader fees. Geographic coverage is explicitly US- and Israel-focused, with organic reach into global Jewish communities (e.g., Russia, Venezuela). The organization is founder-led, has no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing, no parent company, and no reported M&A, funding, or leadership changes.

Name

Vin News

Legal name

VIN News

Website

https://vinnews.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vin News is a privately held, WordPress-based multimedia news platform serving the global Jewish community with verified breaking news, commentary, and obituary content. Founded in 2007 as Vos Iz Neias, it operates free to readers, monetized via advertising and affiliate marketing across website, newsletter, podcast, WhatsApp, and social media.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro primary industry

Community, Ethnic & Multilingual News Publishers (MPAJADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Jewish Broadcasting (MPABALAF)

Keywords

• Jewish news coverage
• Online news website
• Breaking news reporting
• Community news media
• News newsletter service

Headquarters

HQ city

Fresh Meadows

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vin News publishes a free, ad-supported online news website providing verified breaking news, commentary, and community coverage for the Jewish world, with editorial categories spanning Israel, US, Jewish, Antisemitism, Politics, and World news. It extends its reach through a daily email roundup, a WhatsApp breaking-news group, an audio podcast, and an obituary submission service for community members.

Product overview

Vin News operates a unified news website serving the Jewish community with high-quality, verified news content. The company, founded in 2007 as 'Vos Iz Neias' and rebranded to VIN News in 2021, offers a core news platform with category-specific coverage including Israel, US, Jewish, Antisemitism, Politics, and World news. The product portfolio includes supplementary services such as a Daily Roundup Email newsletter, WhatsApp group for breaking updates, podcast distribution channel, and obituary submission service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VIN News Website The core digital news property (vinnews.com) delivering verified breaking news and commentary across categories including Israel, US, Jewish, Antisemitism, Politics, World, and Obituaries, targeted at the global Jewish community.
• VIN News Daily Roundup Email Opt-in email newsletter delivering daily news summaries to subscribers in the Jewish community and beyond.
• VIN News WhatsApp Group WhatsApp-based community channel that delivers breaking news updates and community alerts to opted-in members.
• VIN News Podcast Audio podcast channel hosting VIN News content for on-demand streaming via the JewishPodcasts.fm platform.
• Obituary Submission Service Online submission platform for publishing obituaries of community members via VIN News' Obituaries section.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Jewish Press: A long-running Orthodox-leaning Jewish newspaper with a strong digital presence. Comparable to Vin News in Orthodox readership, news+opinion mix, and multi-channel digital distribution.
• The Jewish Week: A US-based Jewish community newspaper with digital distribution. Comparable to Vin News as a community-oriented Jewish news outlet serving American Jewish readers.
• Jewish News Syndicate (JNS): A Jewish news wire and digital outlet producing news, opinion, and analysis for Jewish and pro-Israel audiences. Comparable to Vin News as a Jewish-focused news publisher serving community and Israel-related coverage.
• The Forward: An American Jewish news and culture publication covering community news, antisemitism, and Israel. Comparable to Vin News as a digitally distributed English-language Jewish news outlet with community-focused coverage.
• Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA): A historic Jewish news wire service producing news for Jewish-community publications. Directly comparable to Vin News as a primary-source news producer for English-speaking Jewish readership.
• COLlive: A Chabad/Lubavitch community news site covering Jewish community events, Israel, and community obituaries. Overlaps with Vin News on Orthodox Jewish readership, community-driven content, and free ad-supported distribution.
• Times of Israel: A major English-language Jewish news outlet covering Israel, Jewish communities, and antisemitism. Directly comparable to Vin News in topic coverage and target audience of English-speaking Jewish readers worldwide.
• Yeshiva World News: An Orthodox-Jewish-focused online news publication covering Israel, US Jewish community news, and obituaries. Highly comparable to Vin News in niche positioning, Orthodox readership, and ad-supported online news model.
• Chabad.org News: The news section of Chabad.org, the central Chabad-Lubavitch informational hub. Overlaps with Vin News on Orthodox/Chabad community news, obituaries, and community-event coverage.

Broad incumbents

• The Jerusalem Post: A long-established English-language Israeli daily with broader Israel/world coverage. Comparable as a Jewish-and-Israel-focused news brand with digital distribution, but at a much larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VINNews

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Vin News