MySpace News: The Digg Killer?
Mashable writes about the new MySpace news aggregator called MySpace News, launching in the second quarter of 2007:
It’ll rely on both algorithms and user rating - basically a combination of Google News and Digg. You’ll remember that Fox acquired the news aggregator NewRoo about a year ago, so it’s taken them a long time to get to the product stage. The feature list, via Terry Heaton:
- MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically aggregating real-time news and blogs from top sites around the Web
- Creates focused, topical news pages that users can interact and engage with throughout their day
- MySpace is making the news social, allowing users to:
1. Rate and comment on every news item that comes through the system
2. Submit stories they think are cool and even author pieces from their MySpace blog
- MySpace users previously had to leave the site to find comprehensive news, gossip, sporting news, etc. With MySpace News, we bring the news to them!
It’s kind of obvious when you think about it: a news company launching a news site. Not many details yet, but you can’t deny this will be a game changer.
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