News at Seven

Articles & Press

NPR's On the Media - 10/26/07

"Isn't it about time your nightly news was delivered by an avatar?"

Boing Boing TV - 10/23/07

"Tired of talking hair delivering the news?"

CNN - 10/16/07

"Imagine having your Facebook friend updates and news about your hometown football teams delivered at the same time as updates about Iraq and the presidential campaign."

"Visitors are asked to state their areas of interest. Those areas are then used to generate customized newscasts. The Web site aggregates news copy, video and commentary from all over the Internet around chosen topics."

Wall Street Journal - 1/6/07

"As network news programs continue to struggle, the creators of one news show are trying a new strategy -- replacing the producer, the editor and even the news anchor with a computer."

Discovery Channel News - 11/3/06

"A news show that truly speaks to its viewers is the idea behind "News at Seven"..."

New Scientist Tech - 10/24/06

"Software that automatically generates timely video news bulletins, presented by computer-animated characters, could revolutionise current affairs broadcasting, researchers say..."

NPR - 10/6/06

"I have seen the future of my profession, and it does not include me. News at Seven looks like a personal unemployment campaign directed at me..."

Engadget - 10/4/06

"The latest such foray, News At Seven, is looking pretty hot. The completely virtual news show automatically gleans news from the web, supplements the info with blogger commentary and mixes in related images and video..."