"The title of most-visited online news site continues to be a hotly contested, with CNN, Yahoo News and MSNBC all vying for the throne."

BBC News Interactive’s launch editor Mike Smartt explains the process of getting the site running 10 years ago. And has a mockup of an "MSBBC" logo that might have been following talks with Microsoft.

"Newsweek on Monday will unveil a sweeping redesign of the magazine and its Web site while at the same time formally ending its seven-year distribution agreement with MSNBC.com."

"The lines between citizen and professional journalism are blurring, creating opportunities and risks for media outlets like MSNBC, which recently acquired user-generated news site Newsvine"

Jeremy Wagstaff: "It’s one of the unresolved paradoxes of Web 2.0 (and citizen journalism): How do you reward those who make a website like Newsvine what it is? Or at least, how do you avoid making them feel hopelessly exploited?"

"[Newsvine] and the host of competitors out there need to add reputation to the mix. Whoever gets this right will win, big, and so will the rest of us as we move toward seriously useful community vetting of news and information. We’re not even close yet

“But we would never say, ‘We’re not going to put that up because it came through Newsvine.’ In fact, just the opposite,” [said Charles Tillinghast, president of MSNBC Interactive News]. “We see Newsvine as an excellent source of stories for MS

MSNBC Exec Producer Rex Sorgatz: "I’m convinced that Newsvine represents a different way of thinking about traditional media — as merger of gathering, interacting, and consuming."

"Neither of the companies would disclose terms of the deal, which was announced Sunday. It is msnbc.com’s first acquisition in its 11-year history."