Apple News hired its first ever Editor-in-Chief

Apple News is the default news aggregation app on iOS since the launch of iOS 9 in the summer of 2015. And currently, that's all it is. It doesn't generate its own original content, but relies on its partners, such as the CNN, Huffington Post, The New York Times and BuzzFeed, to provide stories for its users.

However, it appears that Apple has more ambitious plans for the app, as it just recruited an Editor-in-Chief for Apple News, which is a new position for the Cupertino company. Lauren Kern, one of the star editors of New York Magazine, will be assuming the role of EIC of Apple News, ...