Citizen cash

Got the fright of my life the other day when Martin Stabe called me from the offices of the Press Gazette. The Press Gazette, for those of you who haven't been listening, snuffed it last week. As can be seen from the picture on the left, they've risen from the crypt. I got asked to respond to the news that Yahoo! and Reuters have teamed up to bring us You Witness News. It's an opinion piece, so a bit ranty,

The sight of old media freely milking the udders of UGC - "user generated content" - is now a common and seemingly unstoppable trend. News organisations want our pictures, our videos and our words.

The latest attempt at opening the gates of mainstream media to us citizen oiks and our cameraphones finds Yahoo! and Reuters joining forces to bring us their new - get down with the kids - news service, the appallingly titled You Witness News.

Read more and comment, if you have an opinion. It's incredibly frustrating to work with print deadlines... I've already read two excellent pieces on the same deal from Philip Stone and Dan Gillmor, so it's already antique. However, as Robin pointed out, this excellent Daily Show clip sums up my attitude to this deal best of all. Mummy pic nicked from 'ere.

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[Ed]

Hmmmm...As I remember Wilmington aren't nown for investment in editorial. My wife used to work there and was glad - relieved - to escape.

[Rachel Huglen Ms]

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