Examiner.com snaps up citizen-journalism hub NowPublic
Examiner.com, the media company known best for its right-leaning owner, Philip Anschutz, announced that it has purchased citizen journalism-driven web site NowPublic. The price was undisclosed, but PaidContent pegged the sale price $25 million.
The site collects and disseminates news articles from hundreds of writers in… Continue Reading
NowPublic buys up Guy Kawasaki’s Truemors (believe it or not)
When Guy Kawasaki started Truemors, a site for spreading Internet rumors, his intentions weren’t quite clear. Was it an experiment? A joke? The product of too much free time? Or perhaps not too much time — after all, it didn’t look like the site had taken… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Associated Content’s bold media strategy — relying on Google
Associated Content, a company that delivers all kinds of information online, from movie reviews to tutorials about how to fix a kitchen sink disposal, has raised a $10 million in a second round of funding.
Associated Content is notable because its branding is all but unknown,… Continue Reading
NowPublic, citizen journalism site, expands with $10.6M
NowPublic, the citizen journalism site that lets individuals take pictures and post articles about news they see going on around them, has raised $10.6 million in a first round of capital.
NowPublic, based in Vancouver, says it now has 118,000 contributing journalists, more than the 50,000… 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… Continue Reading