Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog tells us that News Corp’s MySpace is getting into the new business:
MySpace is getting into the news business with launch due in early 2nd quarter, according to inside sources and the company’s own sales materials.
* MySpace News takes News to a whole new level by dynamically aggregating real-time news and blogs from top sites around the Web
* Creates focused, topical news pages that users can interact and engage with throughout their day
* MySpace is making the news social, allowing users to:
Rate and comment on every news item that comes through the system
Submit stories they think are cool and even author pieces from their MySpace blog
* MySpace users previously had to leave the site to find comprehensive news, gossip, sporting news, etc. With MySpace News, we bring the news to them!
My concern is that newsagents don’t see developments like this impacting their businesses. While the impact may not be immediate it will happen.