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REDMOND — MSNBC Interactive News LLC said it acquired Newsvine Inc., a small Seattle startup that lets visitors read and comment on news stories from mainstream media outlets.
MSNBC, which is jointly owned by Microsoft Corp. and NBC Universal, did not disclose financial terms of the deal late Sunday. NBC Universal is a joint venture of General Electric Co. and Vivendi SA.
Newsvine launched in 2006 and employs six people. Mike Davidson, its co-founder and chief executive officer, said about a million people come to the site each month to read articles and submit their own articles and commentary.
Charlie Tillinghast, president of MSNBC Interactive News, said Newsvine will remain a stand-alone site. MSNBC.com will provide technology resources to the startup and add links to drive more visitors to Newsvine. MSNBC.com gets about 29 million unique visitors a month, he said.
MSNBC also plans to incorporate some of Newsvine's social and community aspects into MSNBC.com, Tillinghast said.
Newsvine will stay in its Seattle offices. Davidson will retain his CEO title and report to Tillinghast.
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{"commentId":1080360,"authorDomain":"josh"}
First ever wire story tagged 'newsvine'. Took them long enough!
{"commentId":1080360,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"josh"}
- 21 votes
#1 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 6:56 PM EDT{"commentId":1082271,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
That's why they follow and you boys lead!
{"commentId":1082271,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1080468,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
How 'bout that, an AP article about Newsvine. Not bad, eh!
{"commentId":1080468,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"marilynl"}
- 7 votes
#2 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 7:38 PM EDT{"commentId":1080478,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
Is this true then?
{"commentId":1080478,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 3 votes
#3 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 7:41 PM EDT{"commentId":1080488,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Oh yes, sir, it is true.
{"commentId":1080488,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1080512,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
Well for once, I see you are THE FIRST to get the correct form of address ... Sir.
Congratulations.
But do you know when I was knighted Viki Babbles Gonia?
and how about when I became a DR of Divinity?
Thank you
:wink:
{"commentId":1080512,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1080485,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Now THIS is meta.
{"commentId":1080485,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
- 7 votes
#4 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 7:44 PM EDT{"commentId":1080487,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
I forgot to say ... "Cos i don't believe everything I read in the papers ........." :roflmAo:
AND ....
Dr Blockbuster is as near to Seattle as the Earth is to Mars. :wink:
If I've told you once, I told you 5 million times, I may be prone to exaggeration de temps en temps
:roflmAo:
The Doctor
(returns to Tardice)
{"commentId":1080487,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 1 vote
#5 - Sun Oct 7, 2007 7:44 PM EDT{"commentId":1082255,"authorDomain":"davidmcgirr"}
{"commentId":1084042,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
1,000 apologies !!!
(meanwhile .. digs out black book ...)
What's your name and did you enjoy yourself on newsvine?
The Mc suggests a clan ... well I never!
:RoflmAo:
{"commentId":1084042,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1081245,"authorDomain":"silkmesh"}
{"commentId":1081245,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"silkmesh"}
#6 - Mon Oct 8, 2007 12:40 AM EDT{"commentId":1081799,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Who says we're going to have to subscribe? Did you just pull that out of thin air?
{"commentId":1081799,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1084045,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
Hey Viki .. there is ALWAYS going to be a subscribe option. :smiles:
... probably to communicate with senior members like yourself .... oooooops!
{"commentId":1084045,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1084191,"authorDomain":"aine"}
*smirk*
Shyeah.
I accept PayPal and all major credit cards.
*walks away chuckling*
{"commentId":1084191,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"aine"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1084583,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Didn't you know, Dr? Anyone who emails me or even responds to one of my comments must immediately paypal me $10.
;)
{"commentId":1084583,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
{"commentId":1081885,"authorDomain":"jamesmirick"}
Nervous, very nervous here, about this move. Great for the founders, I suppose . . . but somehow this being part of MS makes me very shaky.
{"commentId":1081885,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"jamesmirick"}
- 3 votes
#7 - Mon Oct 8, 2007 9:19 AM EDT{"commentId":1082289,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
Well you're in good company. From the comments I've seen a core group of prolific and popular contributors who are here as an antidote to corporate media and sound bite spin, have a similar attitude toward MSM and are accepting this with extreme skepticism.
It's one thing for an indy to take shots at the problem but now, even if its just a technicality, the enemy is within or we have met it and it is us and whatever else says the lines are redrawn and we don't know what it means. I'm pretty sure the folks on all sides of the deal were expecting that as a reflection of what it is we have as unique value and the mainstream antidote factor is too huge to miss in planning.
{"commentId":1082289,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1084050,"authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
phew! ... wait while I read that again Pamela
:smiles:
{"commentId":1084050,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"DrBlockbuster"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":3393727,"authorDomain":"andrewspagnoli"}
They already paid me off, I will now only dispense a very watered-down milquetoast version of my progressive news and analysis... sort of like a poor man's Alan Colmes.... and it only cost them $3,700 for me to sign my new agreement. And really there is only a very short list of topics I cannot go into....
{"commentId":3393727,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"andrewspagnoli"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":3393864,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
I'm a year late to this party, but this article should be de-published from all of Newsvine per new Meta Policy. :P
{"commentId":3393864,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":3395977,"authorDomain":"andrewspagnoli"}
Yeah... it came up with new posts about newsvine upgrade problems (a couple different people wrote me email asking if I was having problems posting stuff since the latest changes to th site....) I saw the October 7 dateline and I did not even notice the year (2007 not 08) until jusy after I posted the comment! I knew that an MSNBC deal happened, and I thought this was just a second stage or something.... now I feel silly.
I made up a stupid joke for nothing.
{"commentId":3395977,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"andrewspagnoli"}
{"commentId":9106840,"authorDomain":"willing-sniper"}
Newsvine does not provide a good trouble shooting page for users.
Where is the Help with log-on problems, etc????
Come on!
{"commentId":9106840,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"willing-sniper"}
#8 - Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:54 PM EDT{"commentId":9108441,"authorDomain":"aine"}
{"commentId":9111980,"authorDomain":"kentraci1011"}
Aine, I'm Impressed that your still tracking this article from 2 years ago.
{"commentId":9111980,"threadId":"159055","contentId":"1009002","authorDomain":"kentraci1011"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":9112030,"authorDomain":"aine"}
I'm impressed that the Convo Tracker functioned this well after 2 years.
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