AP on the AP / NowPublic deal - Now on NowPublic

Jim Kennedy, AP's vice president and director of strategic planning said,"We're
not just going to take content directly from the contributors and put
it on the wire," he said. "We're going to edit and verify it just like
we would any other contribution."

This isn't the forum to comment on AP's verification and editing procedures.  Suffice to say, they've endured their share of criticism, lately.  

Let me say, this has the potential to be very big, and I'm happy for y'all, Tippet.  I just hope NP doesn't lose it's "freshness" by trying to be something that it is not.