Quoted: Fewer than 1 million people visited Mixx last month, less than 5% of the traffic that competitor Digg saw. Given the circumstances, Mixx's glaring lack of success to date calls a number of things about this industry into question.

Redot.

Quoted: Valleywag reports that the social news site, a frequent acquisition gossip item, might really be getting sold this time around.

Quoted: MSNBC Interactive News, a Microsoft and NBC Universal joint venture with 27.3 million Web visitors in August, announced Sunday night that it has purchased Newsvine in a deal of undisclosed size. It is the first acquisition in MSNBC.com's 11-year history, one that President Charlie Tillinghast hopes will lead to additional news-sharing features on MSNBC and tap an audience of highly engaged news readers.

Quoted: In this era of fragmented audiences, with newspaper journalism feeling the pressure of blogs and the Internet more generally, the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) undertook a study comparing mainstream media coverage of news with user-driven news and content sites Digg, Del.icio.us, and Reddit.

Hadn't seen this site before. Looks like a newsvine competitor.

Quoted: NewsCloud.com is a collaborative social network for news

This is my 4000th Dot.

Quoted: USATODAY relaunched its website yesterday with a parade of new features that will add a significant social layer to the site that wasn’t there before. The website is no longer a simple hose spouting news at readers. It has become a full on social network, integrating user generated content in intelligent and interesting ways.

Very relevant. Also, take note of the "Social Influencer" list at the bottom of the article. Since links are included, you can actually see how these people are using social bookmarking and social news sites.

Quoted: A new kind of Web site is turning ordinary people into hidden influencers, shaping what we read, watch and buy.
By JAMIN WARREN and JOHN JURGENSEN
February 10, 2007; Page P1

redotted from eric