Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I just ran across the NowPublic web site that has people powered news: http://www.nowpublic.com/ It appears that anyone can join and post video, photos, audio, and/or text news related information. They have a health section. They don't seem to have any advertising, so it's not obvious to me who's paying to support the web site. Could be a way to promote good health info. Has anyone here tried it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 A well-funded start-up -- they got $10.6 million in their first round last year. http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-cit-j-site-nowpublic-gets-a-big-106-million\ -round-of-funding/ So I guess they haven't integrated any ads yet. I don't think Myspace or Facebook had ads in the beginning either. Nor did Google. Same deal with Skype. Since they are funded, they don't have to earn revenue yet -- they just have build traffic. Once they get enough users, they can integrate advertising. And/or sell the company. They have contacted me a couple of times on Flickr to post my photos on their site -- I just haven't had time to mess with it yet. But I think I should. You're right -- it's a good way to get information out there. I love their name. Ann Marie On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:20 PM, wrote: > I just ran across the NowPublic web site that has people powered news: > http://www.nowpublic.com/ > > It appears that anyone can join and post video, photos, audio, and/or > text news related information. They have a health section. > > They don't seem to have any advertising, so it's not obvious to me > who's paying to support the web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 --- Ann Marie <inasnit@...> wrote: > A well-funded start-up -- they got $10.6 million in their first > round last year. >http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-cit-j-site-nowpublic-gets-a-big-106-millio\ n-round-of-funding/ Thanks Ann Marie, That explains the lack of adds. The concept of people powered internet news is interesting. Maybe will pick it up like they did Flickr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2008 Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 > > That explains the lack of adds. The concept of people powered > internet news is interesting. Maybe will pick it up like they > did Flickr. > > > Yep, that's probably their exit strategy -- either , Google or Microsoft. Ann Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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