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Chron

Who runs Chron, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest local news website alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
Houston Chronicle

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Chron

Chron chron.com

Chron, a trusted Texas news source since 2012, delivers the latest weather, culture, food and sports news about Houston, the Gulf Coast, North Texas and beyond.

Wikidata: news website based in Houston, Texas

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Chron tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

8 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 7 have more.

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Cookie banner
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US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Chron

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Chron, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than ChronNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

19 of the 60 sites closest to Chron match.

  1. 01
    Houston Chronicle houstonchronicle.com English 1 tracker

    Houston Chronicle | Breaking Houston News, Weather, Sports & Texas News

    Get breaking news and updates about Houston, Texas, the United States and the world from the Houston Chronicle, Houston's trusted news source.

    Compare Houston Chronicle with Chron →
  2. 02
    Austin American-Statesman statesman.com English 1 tracker

    Austin American-Statesman: Austin, TX News, Politics & Sports

    Austin American-Statesman is the number one source for Austin and Texas breaking news, politics and business.

    Compare Austin American-Statesman with Chron →
  3. 03
    Dallas News dallasnews.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Dallas News | Breaking News for DFW, Texas, World

    Find breaking news, investigations, reviews and opinion on business, sports, arts, entertainment, food, real estate, crime and more at dallasnews.com.

    Compare Dallas News with Chron →
  4. 04
    San Antonio Express-News expressnews.com English 1 tracker

    San Antonio Express-News | News, Sports, Business | ExpressNews.com

    Stay on top of the latest in San Antonio news, sports and business from the San Antonio Express-News on ExpressNews.com.

    Compare San Antonio Express-News with Chron →
  5. 05
    AOL aol.com Top 1K English No trackers

    News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com

    Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

    Compare AOL with Chron →
  6. 06
    Veranda veranda.com English No trackers

    VERANDA - Beautiful Home Decorating Ideas

    Home design and interior decorating is what VERANDA magazine is all about.

    Compare Veranda with Chron →
  7. 07
    Yahoo yahoo.com Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

    Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

    Compare Yahoo with Chron →
  8. 08
    Esquire esquire.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

    Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink recipes.

    Compare Esquire with Chron →
  9. 09
    Digg digg.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Digg - News, before it trends

    See what's next in AI before it trends. Digg watches the people who move first.

    Compare Digg with Chron →
  10. 10
    ScienceDaily sciencedaily.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

    Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.

    Compare ScienceDaily with Chron →
  11. 11
    Ninemsn nine.com.au Top 10K English 1 tracker

    nine.com.au -- the new ninemsn - News, Sport, TV, Entertainment, Lifestyle | Latest Breaking News Headlines from Australia and the world

    Meet the new nine.com.au. Get the latest news, sport, TV, travel, fashion, fitness, recipes, celebrity news and exclusive content, all for free at nine.com.au, the home of Nine

    Compare Ninemsn with Chron →
  12. 12
    Heti Világgazdaság hvg.hu Hungarian 1 tracker

    | hvg.hu

    HVG – Hiteles hírek és elemzések gazdaságról, politikáról, kultúráról és életmódról, Magyarország vezető portálján.

    Compare Heti Világgazdaság with Chron →
  13. 13
    TIME time.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

    Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

    Compare TIME with Chron →
  14. 14
    Bleacher Report bleacherreport.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Bleacher Report | Sports. Highlights. News. Now.

    Fan easier, fan faster and fan better with Bleacher Report. Keep up with the latest storylines, expert analysis, highlights and scores for all your favorite sports.

    Compare Bleacher Report with Chron →
  15. 15
    T-Online t-online.de Top 1K German 1 tracker

    News & E-Mail bei t-online | Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung & Ratgeber

    Aktuelle News aus Politik, Sport, Unterhaltung, Wirtschaft & Finanzen | Ratgeber Leben, Gesundheit und Heim & Garten | E-Mail und Shopping bei t-online.

    Compare T-Online with Chron →
  16. 16
    Origo origo.hu Hungarian No trackers

    ORIGO

    Friss hírek Magyarországról és a nagyvilágból, sport, technika, szórakozás, tudomány, kultúra. Az ORIGO a legfrissebb hazai és nemzetközi hírekkel szolgál olvasói számára.

    Compare Origo with Chron →
  17. 17
    TVBS Media tvbs.com.tw Chinese 1 tracker

    TVBS官方網站

    TVBS 提供最即時的新聞資訊、精彩節目、戲劇內容。

    Compare TVBS Media with Chron →
  18. 18
    Sportday.gr sportday.gr Greek 1 tracker

    Sportday.gr - Αθλητικά Νέα | Ειδήσεις | Sport | Highlights

    Sportday.gr – Αθλητικά Νέα | Ειδήσεις | Sport

    Compare Sportday.gr with Chron →
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    British Broadcasting Corporation bbc.com Top 1K English No trackers

    BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

    Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

    Compare British Broadcasting Corporation with Chron →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Chron’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Chron uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Chron adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 16 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,211
Vector
384-d
Query
50 ms

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