New Skype Expansion Opens Doors for Newspapers

Skype, the online communication company is expanding their capabilities beyond simple internet telephony. Tuesday, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström announced that the company plans to create areas where users, specifically bloggers, can hold live audio chats. This feature not only appeals to the general public but newspapers as well who already hold online text chats.

Using “Skypecasts� newspapers could develop voice chats between their staff and readers and post the recorded conversations on websites adding a new dimension to the interactive capabilities. For example, The Washington Post has over 60 hours a week of text chat conversations between journalists and their readers through their website. If they connected with Skype, the forums could become live audio chats. Afterwards, downloadable MP3 recordings of the conversation could be posted on the site for readers’ future reference.

Skype expansion = newspaper opportunity - Editors Weblog