Tameka Kee
Apr 20, 2009 11:55 AM
Social media platforms have quickly become sources of breaking news, and mainstream news outlets are trying to plug into them to stay relevant. Fox News is the latest organization willing to test the newsgathering skills of social networkers, working with News Corp (NYSE: NWS). sibling MySpace to launch citizen journalism…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 13, 2008 2:46 PM
As we reported earlier this week, CNN’s ambitious citizen journalism site iReport.com has launched today. Less prominent CNN branding, which makes it interesting because of CNN/Turner’s efforts to develop it into a full-fledged destination/brand. Here’s what the site says about itself: “Don’t kid yourselves. This content is not pre-vetted or…
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David Kaplan
Feb 11, 2008 12:28 PM
CNN, owned by Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is preparing to unveil a news site made up entirely of news gathered by users, Mediaweek reports. An offshoot of its iReport citizen journalism feature, which the Time Warner cable net launched in August. 2006. Since that time, CNN has received roughly 100,000…
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