that combs the web for stories and allows users to rank their
favourites.
MySpace News combines elements of Digg, which is based on stories
submitted and ranked by readers, and Google News, which organises news
according to subject matter.
The service, now in beta testing, collates stories from across the web
and divides them into 300 sub-sections in 25 topics such as politics,
sport and entertainment. Stories are then ranked according to MySpace
member votes.
MySpace owner News Corp claimed that the service will scan more news
sources than Google News, but said that organisations can opt out of
having their news feed shown if they wish.
Google recently settled a copyright suit with Agence France-Presse,
which complained about alleged unauthorised use of its content on
Google News.
The news service is likely to drive more traffic to MySpace and
attract further ad revenue for News Corp's Fox Interactive Media,
which bought the site in 2005 for $580m.
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