Newser: nice, but not so new
July 30th, 2007 • Best sites, Media
Perhaps I’m just in a grumpy mood. I’ve just come across Newser, a new news aggregation site much in the mould of DayLife and Newsvine. I went to the About page, looking to discover what made this newcomer special. Here’s what it says:
Newser does the reading for you. Newser selects the day’s most important and most talked about stories from the 100 top news sources. In succinct, lively summaries, Newser’s editors distill articles and opinion pieces, telling you what you need to know, what you want to know, and where to go for the best coverage. You can’t follow 100 news sources, but we can follow them for you.Newser is the first online news service to fully leverage the Web and is creating the first major news brand native to that medium.
OK, I am having a very bad day. ‘…Selects the day’s most important and most talked about stories…’. Isn’t that what an editor does? ‘You can’t follow 100 news sources’. Yes I can - I have Google Reader.
I am being a misery. In fact, Newser is pretty smart, and is visually very strong (although I still prefer DayLife for its depth and context). I suppose I wonder about the role of news aggregators such this, when the quality of news from the sources is so high.
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