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May 24, 2006
AP embraces bloggers
Technorati and the Associated Press announced a partnership today to bring bloggers to more than 440 member newspapers nationwide though a new service aimed at giving "citizen journalists" a greater voice in the mainstream media.
The move reflects the AP's recognition of the blogosphere's commentary on news and events and how that translates into global conversation. Newspapers that participate in AP's Hosted Custom News product will be able to access the blogger content.
"The new service will bring blogger commentary about AP news stories to communities large and small throughout the USA, giving bloggers a voice in trusted local papers throughout the nation," said Peter Hirshberg in Technorati's blog. "For many news readers, this will be their first exposure to the blogosphere with national, international, business and sports news presented along side links to blogger commentary and perspective."
Papers participating in the service, such as the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine, will feature the "top five most blogged about" stories on their web sites, provided by Technorati. In similar fashion, when a reader finds an AP article, they can click on the "who's blogging about" link and find out what others have to say.
The partnership comes shortly after BlogBurst announced its own blog-to-newspaper service.
Posted by Alicia Dorset at May 24, 2006 04:05 PM
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Not forgetting that NewsGator has also made a similar announcement too!
These are exciting times.
Posted by: John Hood at May 30, 2006 12:29 PM
