C-SPAN introduces online, multifaceted news outlet

[RamboLiberal]

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051017-101153-8970r.htm

C-SPAN displayed an energetic alter ego yesterday with the debut of CapitalNews, an online news compendium for political junkies.

Headlines gleaned from print, broadcast and Internet are updated every 15 minutes and will be constantly referred to on C-SPAN's radio and TV broadcasts. In a decidedly MTV-like move, the site also features C-SPAN's "most popular" video clips on demand, plus a daily poll about an issue du jour.

Such multifaceted coverage is all in the name of "a more integrated information experience," said Susan Swain, executive vice-president of C-SPAN, which also has begun podcasting its programs.

"While watching long-form coverage of a hearing or press conference, a viewer can still stay in touch with what else is happening around Washington," she said.

Bookmark the site:
http://www.capitalnews.org./

[Cassandra]

1. Is it going to have some actual news?

That would be so unlike CNN these days.

[EmmaP]

2. C-SPAN

not CNN.

[Cassandra]

3. Oops, sorry. A moment of brain leakage.

It will be interesting to see what Lamb considers news, then.