Sqoop, a service that provided research tools and email news alerts for journalists, is closing after almost a decade in business. Bill Hankes, founder and CEO, shared what he called the disappointing news in an email on Friday. Sqoop provided updates for journalists based on SEC filings, patents, court dockets, releases and business stories.
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by Ray Schultz , January 6, 2023 Sqoop, a service that provided research tools and email news alerts for journalists, is closing after almost a decade in business. Bill Hankes, founder and CEO, shared what he called the disappointing news in an email on Friday. “As most of you know, we’ve had a series of outages and technical setbacks over the course of the last six months,” Hankes wrote. “At times, it seemed like my development team was taking one step forward and two backwards.
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