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Alec Brooks

With the euro in doubt, MSBNC's wire steps up

11/1/2011

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On the heels of a debt deal in Europe and the accompanying stock market surge, the news came today that Greece may allow citizens to veto the deal in a referendum election. Facing this piece of big news, MSNBC's wire, msnbc.com News Service, stepped up to the plate and published two stories on this new development.

At the moment, none of MSNBC's television news programs have done anything on the latest news, so the two text stories — one on the referendum itself and one on the American stock market's response — are the ones featured on the top of the page.

The stories are no-frills hard news, which is exactly what this situation calls for. A more feature-story approach is nice and often illuminating in a way hard news can't be, but that takes time. In this case, get the story out the door quickly in a straightforward way was important, and that's what they did.

Msnbc.com News Service is not nearly as well known as AP and Reuters, but it produces solid and timely content — exactly what you want from a news wire.
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