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
Thoof, a news ranking site that wants to serve the masses
(Updated at bottom with more discussion on differences from Digg, others)
Thoof is the latest company seeking to offer news readers articles that are relevant to them.
The Austin, Tex. company launched today, boasting an approach it says is more useful to the wider masses than competitors such as Digg, Reddit, NewsVine, NowPublic, Topix and others that seek to rank articles. Thoof’s trick is to latch on to information it finds about users’ news tastes, store this… Continue Reading