NowPublic – Yet another News Web 2.0 site

31Jan06

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Haven’t we got enough already?

Another News Web 2.0 site launched the other day… NowPublic

My take is we have too many already. The space is crowded. No more News Web 2.0 sites please! Here is a post I wrote earlier about the space.

Pete Cashmore from Mashable! writes a good blog about NowPublic here.


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  1. 1 tippett on January 31, 2006 said:

    Respectfully, I think you misunderstand what NowPublic is doing. Voting on stories is only one small part of the site. NowPublic is site that mirrors *all* the functions of a newsroom (not just the people calling headlines). I wrote a post about it here if you are interested in pursuing this (see link below).

    Best,

    Michael,
    NowPublic.com

    http://corp.nowpublic.com/?q=node/81

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  2. 2 claycook on January 31, 2006 said:

    Michael,

    Thanks for your comment. I have read your post http://corp.nowpublic.com/?q=node/81 , however I fail to see the key difference between NowPublic and Newsvine.

    From what I can gather ,you are saying Digg is mainly just about seeding a news story, and then voting it (digging it). From what I understand, Newsvine allows you to do the same as Digg, however Newsvine also allows you to write your own news stories.

    How is NowPublic significantly different from Newsvine? Or are you essentially the same as Newsvine?

    I look forward to your reply.

    Best
    Clay

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  3. 3 tippett on January 31, 2006 said:

    Thanks for the opportunity to elaborate. The major differences between NowPublic and digg and newsvine is twofold:

    For one, we have additional features that these other sites don’t have. For instance, we have full support for photos, videos & audio submissions. We also have a rights management solution that protects your submissions while you share your content.

    But the major difference between us and Newsvine/Digg is that we see our website as an showcase of what we can do – and a place where people can administer their content – but NowPublic is really a platform that lets anyone plug citizen journalism into their world. If you’re a blogger you can use any of our footage on your site (just roll over a photo or video on the site to see what I mean) and if you’re a media company you can use our feeds. If you’ve got stuff you’ve read, you can send in your reports from your camera phone, by voicemail or via the web. You can import your blogs via RSS (you’ll need to log in to use this) and we also have the PublicView. In this context, we see Digg and Newsvine more as potential partners than competitors.

    Best,
    Michael.

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  4. 4 tippett on January 31, 2006 said:

    I think I sent in a response but it’s not showing up yet. I will check in later.

    Thanks,

    M.

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