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MSNBC acquires Newsvine: It’s time for participatory journalism

Bhagaban — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:03:38 +0000

I don’t need to explain the meaning of participatory journalism. With the phenomenal growth of social news sites in recent years, the scope of participatory journalism has been further enhanced. And I am sure in the coming days; almost all...

MSNBC Interactive News Acquires Newsvine

AP — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:30:04 +0000

MSNBC Interactive News LLC said it acquired Newsvine Inc., a small Seattle startup that lets visitors read and comment on news stories from mainstream media outlets.

NewsVine launches ElectionVine, the widget based election polling

Naveen — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:15:09 +0000

Seattle-based Newsvine has added a new feature to its site to make itself the best place on internet to discuss about politics. Newsvine has launched a new service called ElectionVine that lets you host your own election anywhere in the world in...

Newsvine gets smarter, re-launches as Newsvine Evergreen

Naveen — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:12:04 +0000

Newsvine, which started little more than a year ago, has now been re-launched with some noteworthy changes nad they name it Newsvine Evergreen. The reason for the re-launch is to reach all the corners of the internet and blogoshpere as they say...

Assignment Zero: Another WikiNews attempt

Naveen — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:24:22 +0000

Wired News and Assignment.net together have launched Assignment Zero, the site that endeavors to bring together the professional and amateur talent. They are calling the undertaking “pro am journalism” as it is a mix of some formatting and...

Not Doing it for charity, is the economics of Social Communities about to change?

Ankit — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 07:40:42 +0000

I love Digg, I love del.icio.us, and I love flickr, I use them a lot, and other social networks. They help me to keep in touch with my friends, colleagues, relatives and sometimes old crushes. Now the recent debate sparked off by Jason Calcanics...