Rumor: CNN Buying Zite for iPad News Aggregation App? Why?

VentureBeat shared a rumor about a mini-trend for content providers providing iPad app that aggregate news content from sources other than their own. AOL’s Editions app, is an example of this. VentureBeat says that CNN may acquire the news aggregation app Zite.

iPad mag app Zite rumored to be in acquisition talks with CNN with a $20-25M pricetag

While Zite provides an option to connect to Twitter, Google Reader and other services, there is no visible notation indicating that a new item can from the feed.

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