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Rappler is a news website based in the Philippines. It commenced first as a Facebook page called MovePH in August 2011〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://facebook.com/rapplerdotcom/ )〕 and later evolved into Rappler.com on January 1, 2012. along with web based text news content, it was also among the first news websites in the Philippines to use more video news shot for purpose. It also actively uses social media sites for news distribution.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://event.ft-live.com/ehome/ftphilippines/supportingpartners/ )〕 Its name is a combination of the words ''rap'' and ''ripple''.〔 == History == With the idea of professional journalists using social media and crowd sourcing for news distribution, Rappler was started in 2011 by Maria Ressa, a Filipina journalist with her friends. Brainstorming for the company began some time in 2010 when CEO & Executive Editor Maria Ressa was writing her second book “From Bin Laden to Facebook” in Singapore. Other key people involved in its conceptualization and creation were former Newsbreak Head and ABS-CBN News Channel Managing Editor Glenda Gloria, Journalist and Ateneo De Manila University Professor Chay Hofileña, former TV Patrol Executive Producer Lilibeth Frondoso, Philippine Internet pioneer Nix Nolledo, Internet entrepreneur Manny Ayala and former NBCUniversal executive Raymund Miranda. It first started a Facebook page called MovePH created in August 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rappler.com/move-ph )〕 Rappler first went public as a beta version website on January 1, 2012, the same day that the Philippine Daily Inquirer published a Rappler piece that broke out the story of (then) Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona being awarded a University of Santo Tomas doctoral degree without a required dissertation. The site officially launched at its #MoveManila event at the Far Eastern University in Manila on January 12, 2012. It released its iOS app on February 15, 2013 and its Android app on May 20, 2013 and went fully functional in August 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rappler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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