Newsvine
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Type of site
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Social News |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | NBCNews.com |
| Created by | Newsvine, Inc. |
| Website | newsvine.com |
| Alexa rank |
 3,777 (April 2014[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | March 1, 2006 |
| Current status | Online |
Newsvine is a community-powered, collaborative journalism news website which draws content from its users and syndicated content from mainstream sources such as The Associated Press. Users can write articles, "seed" links to external content, and discuss news items in an online forum. These news items are submitted by both users and professional journalists. Newsvine, the company, is not a news bureau and exercises no editorial voice, but provides social news platform for the online community which has grown around it. Members decide with their online actions what news articles stay on the site and what news is removed. Newsvine was named the Top News Site of 2006 and one of the 50 Best Websites of 2007 by Time magazine.
Seattle-based Newsvine, Inc. was founded in the spring of 2005 by Mike Davidson, Calvin Tang, Lance Anderson and Mark Budos. Josh Yockey joined the company shortly after it opened its offices, with Tom Laramee and Tyler Adams being hired later. The development team consisted of several veterans from the Walt Disney Internet Group and ESPN. The company moved into its offices near downtown Seattle on August 1, 2005, and launched newsvine.com into a private "alpha" version on December 1, 2005. On January 5, 2006, the site went into private beta version, and then launched to the public on March 1, 2006. On October 7, 2007, Newsvine announced its acquisition by the news website msnbc.com, effective October 5, 2007. Since the acquisition, Newsvine has continued to run as a separate website and brand from msnbc.com, operating out of its original headquarters in Seattle. On July 16, 2012, msnbc.com was rebranded as NBCNews.com.
Newsvine allows users to "seed," or post weblinks for others to view. Seeds usually contain a short description of the source article or a direct quotation from the linked article. With the "Newsvine Button," users can select "Seed Newsvine" from their bookmarks and a "seeding" dialog will appear. Seeds allow for all of the same options as articles, except the ability to insert photographs and/or polls.
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