BBC GOES WEB 2.0... RADICAL CHANGE OF A MAJOR NEWS SITE

Very cool. Surprised the Brits are taking a lead on this versus major media outlets in the U.S. :) Anyway, who said blogging is dead in five years?

BBC unveils radical revamp of website

Guardian Unlimited
Mark Sweney
Tuesday April 25, 2006

The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.

Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology, also announced proposals to put the corporation's entire programme catalogue online for the first time from tomorrow in written archive form, as an "experimental prototype", and rebrand MyBBCPlayer as BBC iPlayer.

Mr Highfield was unveiling the results of the broadcaster's Creative Future review of programming and content before an audience of BBC new media staff. (full article)