MSNBC to acquire a chattier news site

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:24 PM EDT

Article Source: CNET News.com

Newsvine looks nothing like the usual news Web site.

On a given day, the site can hold dozens of user comments about a British newspaper analysis of trans-Atlantic relations; a first-person essay by an American soldier titled "What My Life in Iraq Is Like" and a link to a new music video by Avril Lavigne.

As a social news source, Newsvine directly reflects the interests of its audience by encouraging users to write articles, comment on other articles and post links to relevant sites. And now it is getting a corporate parent: MSNBC Interactive News is expected to announce its acquisition of the company Monday, in a move that accentuates the increasing importance of community features on news Web sites.

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Marilyn L

CNet gets into the act, too, with a seemingly borrowed title (see NYTimes).

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2 votes

#1 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:25 PM EDT

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spiffie

I think it's the same article. It has the NYT Times banner on it.

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2 votes

#1.1 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:49 PM EDT

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Marilyn L

Guess I'm movin' too fast tonight!

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2 votes

#1.2 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:51 PM EDT

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spiffie

There's a lot of excitement in the air. No worries. :-)

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2 votes

#1.3 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 9:57 PM EDT

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Pamela Drew

Some have worries, me included, but we'll proceed with cautious optimism, wishful but never forgetting for an instant we are crawling in bed with the enemy. That will change things.

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2 votes

#1.4 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 10:03 PM EDT

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Brian Ford

For what it's worth (and I could be wrong) but isn't it Killfile who works on the campus?

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3 votes

#1.5 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 10:09 PM EDT

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Marilyn L

Yes, and I mentioned that in my seed of the New York Times article. Didn't realize this was essentially the same article. No attribution at the top that I could see.

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2 votes

#1.6 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 10:19 PM EDT

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Babel Fish

See what the Babel has to say

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I don't want to subscribe

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#2 - Mon Oct 8, 2007 12:42 AM EDT

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spiffie

Stop spamming your article. You don't have to subscribe. Calvin has already responded to you.

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5 votes

#2.1 - Mon Oct 8, 2007 12:49 AM EDT

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Calvin Tang

Babel, he does have a point. It is a bit rude to do that.

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4 votes

#2.2 - Mon Oct 8, 2007 11:49 AM EDT

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