Interesting Experiment

I don't know if I've mentioned this before--- but there's a (relatively) new global news source made up of freelance journalists. It has some interesting multi-media story telling. Check it out if you're interested in world news:

http://www.globalpost.com/

The Future of News?

Seen the latest copy of Wired? It has an article on a company that generates a lot of online content. They pay about $15 bucks for an article, $20 for a video. What's most interesting is how the stories are generated. It's based on search terms cross-referenced with how much those search terms can get in advertising. I don't know if I'm fascinated or terrified. Or both. The company, Demand Media, is making lots of money. It's behind eHow, but it also does a lot of other stuff.

"The Answer Factory" on www.wired.com.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia

USA Today article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-10-25-ehow-richard-rosenblatt_N.htm

Demand's corporate blog:
http://www.demandmedia.com/blog/web-2-0-summit-content-the-key/