MSNBC swallows Newsvine, pulls news sites back into spotlight
Newsvine, one of the more professional Internet sites that collects news submitted by regular people, has been acquired by MSNBC.com.
Unlike popular news ranking sites Digg and Reddit, which link to existing news sites, much of Newsvine’s content is written and reported by its users. The acquisition marks a deepening acceptance of “citizen journalism” by major media outlets.
Founded in 2005, the site has grown to about a million users per month — a substantial number for… Continue Reading