We asked Ashley Allen, Founder and CEO of Cellular Records, if he’d like to comment about this experimental service they have helped Reuters build:
Hi, I’m Ashley Allen, Founder and CEO of Cellular Records Inc, a new media company dedicated to the production, sale and distribution of innovative music products. Cellular Records is happy to present Newziq(tm), the fusion of news, information and music. Newziq(tm) is a platform designed to deliver information to consumers – directly and subliminally – using spoken word and music. We are happy to be working with Reuters in piloting this new information service so please subscribe to Reuters Newsbeats podcast and/or listen on-line. Follow the beat of the news. Listen to Newziq(tm).”
Ashley just delivered us an update to today’s track with more effects. You can follow this link (or right click) to download it.
We’ve posted the latest Reuters Newsbeat track including news from the We Media conference in London.
Let us know what you think.
Reuters Newsbeats is a experimental service that blends music and news. Built from Reuters news reporting and the creative Newziq technology of Cellular Records this experience delivers a different way of consuming your daily news.
The audio tracks are taken from our news video reports and then mixed up with original music composed by the musicians and sound engineers at Cellular Records.
Follow the link below to listen to an example track, or download it to your PC for listening later. You can also subscribe to the Newsbeat podcast. We aim to produce these tracks daily, so keep coming back to download the latest and keep up to date with new features.
The service was developed by the Reuters Newsblogs and Reuters Labs team, and we welcome feedback as comments to this and other posts.
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