A.P. prevents own affiliate from linking to YouTube video
The A.P. doesn’t get social media. That’s the only conclusion one can make from a recent blunder in Tennessee. The Associated Press apparently sent a “cease and desist” e-mail to WTNQ-FM for posting videos from A.P.’s official YouTube channel. The problem: WTNQ is an A.P. affiliate.
But more than that: all of A.P.’s YouTube videos have the standard embed code, which encourages anyone to link back to the videos. And oh yes, linking is a good thing in terms of increasing viewership, something one would think would be in the A.P.’s best interests. Nevertheless, A.P. accused its affiliate of stealing “licensed content.”
The AP subsequently released a statement on the matter: “There was a misunderstanding of YouTube usage when the Tennessee radio station was contacted by the Associated Press regarding the AP’s more extensive online video services. No cease and desist letter was drafted or sent by AP to the station at any time. The AP was trying to offer the station a superior service for their needs.”
CBS Eyemobile goes mobile with new iPhone app
Citizen journalism is moving to the iPhone. CBS has announced that its new CBSeyemobile.com site now has a free iPhone app that is available from the iTunes App store for users who want to submit photo and video content.
Eyemobile for iPhone will allow users to upload content from their iPhones as well as to view what others are uploading while on-the-go.
Other TV networks already have citizen journalism sites. CNN has iReport and Fox News is pushing the similarly named UReport. Even the Associated Press has an iPhone app.
Another service, IAMNEWS, calls itself “an open newsroom powered by you” and aims to allow independent journalists to collaborate online. The site is currently by invitation only.
Iamnews aims to democratize news coverage through “crowdsourcing”
More from TechCrunch50: a new startup that aims to create a “crowdsourced” newsroom that will one day take on AP and Reuters.
Crowdsourcing refers to the idea that multiple writers can work together to create a compelling and well-written article. The new company, Iamnews, is a news assignment hub for blogs and news Web sites. Blogs or Web publishers use it to solicit submissions from citizen journalists. These can include videos, photos, links, Twitter posts in addition to full articles. The publisher puts them all together to create the resulting article.
Iamnews was founded by Nir Ofir, who previously created Blog.tv. He explained the rationale behind the company: “The problem is most small to medium publishers do not have the resources to tap copyrighted news and photos. We allow publishers to create news assignments, invite reporters to come in and collaborate in the creation of news. You can invite your own reporters, or we can match you with reporters.” Iamnews will blur the line between the media provider and media consumer, Ofir adds.
Iamnews will sell articles to publishers and distribute the revenue to contributors. The company doesn’t want to be a destination site itself, rather Ofir hopes to create partnership with bigger sites. Contributors will be assigned reputation points similar to how EBay does it.
The site is in alpha but Ofir promises that invites will soon be forthcoming.
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