On September 3, 2009
The Examiner.com-NowPublic Hookup: Part Two
There are a number aspects of this week’s acquisition of NowPublic by the Examiner.com that promise to put the business model of a hyper-local news network to its largest test to date. Based in Vancouver, NowPublic calls itself the largest “participatory news network in the world,” which draws reports filed by 185,000 citizen journalists from 160 countries. “We don’t pay them,” explained CEO Leonard Brody. “They come into our network by word of mouth. NowPublic is really a forum for them to communicate with one another about the things the care about.” On its home page, NowPublic adds the tag “Crowd Powered Media,” and displays the most recommended stories from the past eight hours. A piece about the Blackwater security…
0 Comments