AFP buys stake in citizen journalism site Citizenside

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has bought a 30 per cent stake in the citizen journalism platform Scooplive, which will be renamed Citizenside.
AFP has stated that it will not take part in editorial decisions on the site, which allows users to publish and sell films and photos for commission.

"This is for us a purely commercial and technical experiment in the Web 2.0 field, to help our clients, mainly in the media field," said Pierre Louette, AFP chairman.

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