MSNBC.com Buys "Citizen Journalist" Site

Broadcasting & Cable:

MSNBC.com bought "citizen journalist" site Newsvine.com, marking its first Web-site purchase.
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Since part of the theory behind such sites is taking the power out of the hands of big media news sites like, well, NBC/Microsoft combination MSNBC.com, Newsvine assured surfers that it would continue to "operate independently."

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