I hesitate to admit that I am off work today.
The idea of celebrating Columbus' American conquest makes me a little queasy.
Nevertheless, here I am, relaxing for one extra day. Instead of celebrating colonial urges, let's celebrate the journalism social networking site, Newsvine.
I've been a proud member for over a year, watching this hotbed of citizen journalism and smart readers grow, and I was happy to read this:
"Charles Tillinghast, the president of MSNBC Interactive News, a joint venture of NBC Universal and Microsoft, said the company intended to keep the Newsvine brand and Web site separate, though some features will be incorporated into MSNBC.com."
Also, every holiday, I love urging my readers to look up in the upper right hand corner of this blog, there is a very special option, "Enter e-mail below to subscribe." Sign up today and receive two free writing posts a day, delivered personally by a computer program from me to you. No spam, no distractions, just posts.
Don't waste anymore time clicking on my site. I'll send you my posts instead.
There are some skeptics about whether or not Newsvine will be co-opted by its MSM buyer but the admins (who will remain admis and in direct control of Newsvine) are assuring us that they will fight to make sure the site will continue to grow and improve. A quote from Calvin Tang:
The overwhelming consensus is that MSNBC's acquisition of Newsvine is definitely a good thing and I'd have to agree.
Posted by: Kimberlee Morrison | October 9, 2007 12:17 PM | Permalink to Comment