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OCT 2007

CNN Goes Virtual With Launch of News Bureau in Second Life

Mediaweek, October 29, 2007 — As news organizations slash budgets and scale back bureaus, CNN is expanding—except not in real life. In the week of Nov. 5, the news giant is set to open a news-gathering outpost in Second Life. And unlike news service Reuters, which embedded a real reporter in the online virtual world last year, CNN will rely on Second Life “residents” to do all the legwork.

Category: New Media Marketing
Tags: CNN, Second Life

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