Was surprised when I see this news from Newsvine about MSNBC acquisition of Newsvine itself. Link to the news.

MSNBC Interactive News LLC said it acquired Newsvine Inc., a small Seattle startup that lets visitors read and comment on news stories from mainstream media outlets.Newsvine launched in 2006 and employs six people. Mike Davidson, its co-founder and chief executive officer, said about a million people come to the site each month to read articles and submit their own articles and commentary

If you will notice, newsvine lets you submit article and also getting paid at the same getting a link to your site(no-follow but helps on marketing) and still getting paid.

An small start up and an excellent young site

Newsvine launched in 2006 and employs six people. Mike Davidson, its co-founder and chief executive officer, said about a million people come to the site each month to read articles and submit their own articles and commentary.

Why I was surprised and amazed? Do you know Mike Davidson’s Blog? Maybe you can read his blog post link above so you can understand.

I recently found myself in the position of wanting to register a domain which was owned by someone else. The domain was set to expire in a week, and I figured there was a decent chance that the person who owned it wouldn’t be renewing it. Upon consulting the WhoIs registry on the current owner, I discovered the guy was a bit of a domain shark and didn’t seem to be around anymore.

So I placed a backorder through GoDaddy for $18.95 thinking that was all I needed to do. During the week that followed, I learned a lot about the domain expiration process. Two and a half months and $369 later, I am the proud owner of a shiny new domain. A really really good one.

Inspiring was it? Official announcement form David’s Blog.