Now on YouTube, Local News

New York Times by Brian Stelter | Aug. 3, 2009 (News Report)

With its ability to collect articles and sell advertisements against them, Google has already become a huge force in the news business — and the scourge of many newspapers. Now its subsidiary YouTube wants to do the same thing to local television.

YouTube, which already boasts of being “the biggest news platform in the world,” has created a News Near You feature that senses a user’s location and serves up a list of relevant videos. In ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Internet, Google, Citizen Journalism, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Social Networks
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Aug 3, 2009 - 11:00 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Juliet Sallette (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Aug 3, 2009 - 3:20 PM PDT

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 by Juliet Sallette - Aug. 3, 2009

Good story and strong photo.

Very interesting and compelling subject. It really shows how citizen journalism is affecting mainstream media online.

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