In a bet on user-generated content, NBC News has acquired a startup called Stringwire in what the New York Times is calling an acqui-hire. The company’s founder, Phil Groman, developed software to enable real-time sharing of smartphone video, which chief NBC News digital content officer Vivian Schiller believes is going to be the next generation of news coverage. "Wherever you see a swarm of eyewitnesses on Twitter, that’s the sweet spot for Stringwire," she said.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/11/4612646/nbc-news-buys-smartphone-video-streaming-company-stringwire
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