Reuters lets bloggers comment

The news agency Reuters will publish commentary from bloggers. To this end, Reuters has entered into a partnership with the weblog network Global Globalvoicesonline.org, which is managed by the elite Harvard University. The comments in the weblogs mainly revolve around major political and economic events. Reuters wants to open up the website to other opinions. The bloggers' comments will either be published directly on the website as labeled posts or links under the news items will direct readers to the comments.
Since the end of 2005, Reuters has been making its first attempts to cooperate with bloggers. Short news videos can be integrated into blog sites via the Video Affiliate Network program http://labs.reuters.com/video. The news agency wants to strengthen its presence on the Internet and also test new ways of using online videos. The project is financed by advertising. The film sequences start with a 15-second video before the news article begins.