This is not a big deal. It will be good for the networks and good for CNN and consumers won’t mind or, frankly, even notice. It is no different than CNN making a news widget and having it carried on ESPN or Yahoo or AOL aggregating up another network’s content and carrying it within their news channels. It is frankly shocking that it has taken this long to come about. Don’t be afraid CBS - go for it!
Ted's Take
Before moving to TV 2.0, Ted, how about installing that ol’ yahoo smilies plugin on yer blog?
There an error message on this page, similar to:
“get yahoo smilies plugin or delete this text from comments.php”
Media consolidation, especially when it comes to news, is never a good thing. Fewer reporters and fewer voices mean the the news will be easier to manipulate. An independent free press is more that just some stupid widget.
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Widgets?
Sounds like a buzzword for something that existed 10 years ago in a slightly different form.
Like “blogs.”
But, that’s the game, right?