Second Life gets newspaper crazy
The German publisher is working on setting up a “real” virtual office in Second Life with an actual editor-in-chief and reporters wandering across the site to report on the over one million residents. "It will be a colorful tabloid, with snippets about show business and human interest tales from the avatar world," explained Dirk Meyer-Bosse, a spokesman for Axel Springer.
The magazine will be written in English and each issue will cost between ten and fifteen linden dollars, virtual money that can be exchanged to actual money. Axel Springer plans to sell the tabloid through subscriptions being delivered to virtual mailboxes across the world.
Though this is the first tabloid *by a traditional publisher*, Second Life is no stranger to Journalists. There is currently one freelance journalist wandering about named Wagner James Au and in October Reuters online news agency sent a reporter into the Second Life universe to report on business events within the site.
Source:Guardian
Corrections: Last paragraph at *. Also, see comments below
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No, this is all wrong.
Axel-Springer is NOT opening the first tabloid in Second Life.
The Second Life Herald (http://www.secondlifeherald.com) is the first tabloid of Second Life. This online newspaper covering inworld news and views has operated in SL for more than 3 years and is proud to be called a tabloid : )
Catch up on the real new of what's first and what's next in SL, and don't believe all these fake wannabe 'firsts'.
Hello Editors Weblog - before posting this type of announcement, please check your facts. Announcements of this type are arrogant attempts to grab press space, when this is no first- not even a second or third. Please retract and correct this article that the Secondlife Herald is the first tabloid in Second Life.
Yes, please check your facts prior to making false claims. The facts do not support your "first" claim.
"Though this is the first tabloid, Second Life is no stranger to Journalists. There is currently one freelance journalist wandering about named Wagner James Au and in October Reuters online news agency sent a reporter into the Second Life universe to report on business events within the site."
The other comments are dead on. The SL Herald was the first gossip rag in Second Life. Also there are other freelance journalists wandering about it SL; they submit their articles to the The Metaverse Messenger (www.metaversemessenger.com) -- the first real newspaper for SL about SL.