Pulse, an app that delivers news content to mobile phones and tablets including Android devices, the iPhone, and the iPad, will add fare from msnbc.com under terms of an agreement between the two parties, announced Wednesday.
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GetGlue has two dates for Friday’s Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, as the entertainment-based sticker-awarding social network announced agreements with NBC News/MSNBC and TLC.
NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel Tweeted the photo below of an Egyptian protester holding a sign that said, “Thank you, Facebook.” There was no word on whether Engel or any of the other journalists covering the political turmoil in Egypt have discovered anyone expressing their gratitude to Friendster.
NBC News’ MSNBC Digital Network and TODAYshow.com reported strong showings in January in terms of video streaming.
The MSNBC Digital Network tallied 161.7 million total online video streams for the month, fueled by the shootings in Arizona, flooding in Australia, mudslides in Brazil, President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union address, and the political turmoil in Egypt. The January figure topped the previous record from June 2009, which featured coverage of the death of Michael Jackson, by 6 percent.
And the Web site for NBC’s morning stalwart, Today, set a new site record with 63.1 million streams in January, surpassing the old mark of 58 million, which was set in August 2010. Former homeless radio announcer Ted Williams, a woman who had been kidnapped more than 23 years ago, the upcoming royal wedding, the winter weather, and the Arizona shootings were strong factors.
TheGrio kicked off Black History Month by revealing the 2011 class of TheGrio’s 100: History Makers in the Making, which profiles African-American history makers and industry leaders selected by the editorial team from the NBC News-owned site, along with experts and NBC News affiliates.
The United States Marine Corps and AT&T sponsored this year’s class, and members will be profiled across NBC News platforms including NBC Nightly News, Today, MSNBC, CNBC, msnbc.com, theGrio.com, and local NBC affiliates including those in Atlanta; Cleveland; San Diego; Washington, D.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; St. Louis; Philadelphia; and Charlotte, N.C.
TheGrio also teamed up with foursquare to create a Black History badge, which users can unlock by following TheGrio on foursquare and checking in at more than 100 locations across the country that are historically relevant to Black History Month.
And more information on TheGrio’s 100 is available on its Facebook page and via Twitter under the #thegrios100 hashtag.
NBC News vice president of specials and digital Mark Lukasiewicz spoke with Beet.TV about the explosion in video-news viewing and what his network is doing to solicit and vet user-generated content and create new forms of story telling, specifically mentioning coverage of the turmoil in Egypt.
