Examiner.com snaps up citizen-journalism hub NowPublic

September 2, 2009 6:30 am

Examiner.com, the media company known best for its right-leaning owner, Philip Anschutz, announced that it has purchased citizen journalism-driven web… Continue reading ⟩

In Defense of Fat Princess

August 17, 2009 5:45 am

As a general rule, I avoid super feminists as one might avoid a leper. Where it is all well and… Continue reading ⟩

Streaming live reality shows: Is the technology ready?

January 23, 2009 8:42 pm

Over the weekend, I participated in a novel live video experiment at Sundance Film Festival in Utah — and I… Continue reading ⟩

Q&A with Dave Cohn of news marketplace Spot.us, about doing better reporting

November 14, 2008 12:48 am

Spot.us aims to be a sort of marketplace for news articles. Launched on Monday, the site lets anyone offer up… Continue reading ⟩

NowPublic buys up Guy Kawasaki's Truemors (believe it or not)

July 10, 2008 2:35 pm

When Guy Kawasaki started Truemors, a site for spreading Internet rumors, his intentions weren’t quite clear. Was it an experiment?… Continue reading ⟩

RateItAll gets $800K to pay users for reviews

June 19, 2008 1:50 am

RateItAll, a site that lets users write reviews of any topic and receive a share of ad revenue for doing… Continue reading ⟩

Hollywood meets VC money, both online and offline

February 8, 2008 10:35 pm

We’ve been covering how online video sites — especially YouTube — are seeing an uptick in traffic that may be… Continue reading ⟩

MSNBC swallows Newsvine, pulls news sites back into spotlight

October 8, 2007 1:33 am

Newsvine, one of the more professional Internet sites that collects news submitted by regular people, has been acquired by MSNBC.com.… Continue reading ⟩

American Towns, your online "public square"

September 12, 2007 1:34 pm

Updated: You may have never hard of American Towns, a company building an online “public square” for every town in… Continue reading ⟩

Associated Content's bold media strategy — relying on Google

August 1, 2007 4:20 pm

Associated Content, a company that delivers all kinds of information online, from movie reviews to tutorials about how to fix… Continue reading ⟩