A mention of NowPublic's role in the emerging new news environment."TLDNR - If you're over 20 years old, you probably have no idea what this means. It's an acronym for "too long, did not read," and text messaging users type it to describe most of the information that comes...
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" Leonard Brody, founder of NowPublic, rejects the term "citizen journalism," which has often been applied to his business. "What [our contributors] do is not journalism. We don't call it that and never...
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""I get asked, on a daily basis, about the trust factor in user generated news. The new features NowPublic just released are our answers, and, frankly, I think it gets to the heart of the matter in a way that traditional media has never been able to - by being transparent and...
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NowPublic's own Len Brody is heading to Halifax." Leonard Brody is Co-Founder and CEO of NowPublic. NowPublic is one of the pioneers in citizen-generated news and is quickly becoming one of the largest news...
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" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- NowPublic.com (http://www.nowpublic.com/), the world's largest participatory news network, today announced a key partnership enabling consumers to quickly...
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Another piece on Rafat Ali's conference in LA where NowPublic CEO Leonard Brody is talking about the impact of 'voter-generated content'."Other media executives said what's different about this campaign is that...
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Leonard Brody was in California this week talking about how news coverage is different during this election cycle. "News used to be something that was reported, now there's a feedback loop - it's reported, it's commented upon and then reported on again."
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If you're going to Digital Hollywood next week be sure to say hello to NowPublic co-founder, Len Brody. He'll be on an interesting panel." Personalized Mobile is becoming the new broadband, perhaps...
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"Canada's Now Public co-founder and CEO Leonard Brody spoke about the importance of citizen journalism. "What we have noticed is that people do it for social engagement. We get two million readers a month and 700 pieces of content a day. Consumers are moving towards a higher...
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Citizen journalists on the Rise
Politisite Note: This is a snap shot from the Larger Article from Canada.com. A good read about the Furture of NowPublic, Recommended
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Leonard Brody, co-founder of...
Here's your chance to see NowPublic's own Leonard Brody live and in person. "Our EconSM conference planning is kicking into high gear, and we have several new speakers and topics to announce (with more to...
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NowPublic's Leonard Brody will be representing in Monaco this week. I just spoke to him and he said it's shaping up to be an interesting few days:"Now in its 2nd year, the Monaco Media Forum is organized by Prince Albert II of Monaco and is an invite-only global...
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Earlier this week Leonard Brody, one of my co-founders at NowPublic sparked controversy in the blogosphere when he questioned the relevance of local news to the new generation of media consumers. He was quoted on GigaOm as saying:"“I’m not a believer in local...
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It's official:"“Crowd sourced” news network NowPublic.com has closed a $10.6 milion series A round of financing led by Rho Ventures with seed investors Brightspark and the Working Opportunity Fund participating."
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