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Darren over at Problogger notes that TechCrunch have a special style MyBlogLog community, with integrated navigation, logo, colors and all. Apparently there’s a beta out on this feature, which of course made MyBlogLog a lot more interesting.
Check out Darren’s post and the TechCrunch MyBlogLog community to see what’s yet to come.
As I write this, TechCrunch is actually down. I can’t remember when that happened…
Originally posted on February 12, 2007 @ 5:43 am
The Associated Press (AP) and NowPublic.com, a Canadian based crowd sourcing news portal similar to the well known South Korean citizen news site OhMyNews, have signed an distribution deal that will “explore” ways of bringing citizen generated content into AP news feeds.
Both companies said the deal would expand worldwide access to local news “as it happens” as well as providing opportunities to syndicate NowPublic material via AP.
“The Associated Press has a long tradition of pursuing citizen contributions in breaking news events worldwide,” said Jim Kennedy, AP’s vice president and director of strategic planning. “This relationship will make that connection even stronger and result in more news and images from people who are in the right place at the right time.”
Contributions to AP news from NowPublic’s network of citizen journalists could take many forms over time, said AP Deputy Managing Editor for Multimedia Lou Ferrara. “They could range from simple eyewitness accounts to originally produced content.â€
Initially AP will be working with NowPublic to expand it’s regional coverage in locations that are otherwise insufficiently or not covered by AP reporters and existing agents, as well as coverage of virtual communities, such as social networks and contributed content sites.
(source: AP release)
Originally posted on February 9, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
Former Playboy Model, trash talking F list celebrity and gold digger Anna Nicole Smith is dead.
Smith was found dead in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Florida Thursday.
The SMH reports that Anna Nicole Smith’s bodyguard administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation for about an hour before she was declared dead.
The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office said the cause of death was under investigation and an autopsy would be done tomorrow.
And yes, this has absolutely nothing to do with Web 2.0 and new media, but you’ll read alot about it in the blogosphere in the coming 24 hours. Watch for a follow up story from me in about a weeks time where I’ll talk some more about this Anna Nicole Smith post, and the affect of Anna Nicole Smith dying has, and what Anna Nicole fans and watchers had to say about Anna Nicole Smith :-)
(via TSSH)
Tags: Anna Nicole Smith, Anna Nicole Smith dead, vale Anna Nicole Smith
Originally posted on February 8, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Vietnams Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung went online Friday in a question and answer chat open to Vietnamese citizens, a first in the one party Communist State.
Some 20,000 questions were logged prior to the chat, with the Prime Minster discussing topics including corruption, privatisation and economic growth.
Reuters reports Dung saying that he “deeply and highly appreciated the attention by our comrades and by our people about the developments of our country as well as the leadership of the party and the government” and that “One of the key issues for 2007 is the administration reform. If we cannot do that the production forces will not be freed up to help with investment in the nation’s economy”.
Unfortunately he didn’t shed any light into our story earlier this week on the “Lustful Gentleman” investigation.
Tags: Vietnam
Will The Vietnam War Atrocities Also Be Added To Textbooks?
Originally posted on February 9, 2007 @ 7:40 pm
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has announced that he intends on keeping two bloggers on his staff who have come under fire this week following revelations that they had previously posted “anti-Catholic” commentary on their blogs.
Groups including the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights had been demanding Edwards fire the bloggers for posts that included criticism of the Catholic Church for its stance of gay rights, abortion and contraception.
Edwards said in his statement that although he was personally offended by the “provocative messages”, he intended to keep the two on staff, saying that he believed that every one deserved a “fair shake” and that the bloggers had personally assured him that under no circumstances would they denigrate any church or religion publicly again.
Tags: John Edwards
Originally posted on February 8, 2007 @ 6:34 pm