Limes with Orange

Here's a novel idea… embed interesting news videos or articles on your blog and get paid. That's the opportunity that The News Room offers. Yep, not only is the content free but you could potentially make money, too. We're talking hundreds of thousands fully licensed news stories that can be published, or 'mashed', on your site. You can focus on local or international news, science, sports, entertainment… anything that suits your blog and your interests. I think it's great to have access to such a vast library of quality content. That way, if there's something going on in the world that I want to talk about, I can also include videos or news stories to back it up or fill in the blanks or whatever I need it to do.

What is 'mashing'? You might be asking. Well, it's really just a cool word for embedding. They provide the code, you then paste it into your blog and their player will stream the content on your site. (If you've ever embedded a YouTube video, you know the drill.) It’s easy, secure, legal, free and best of all, you make money from the advertising revenue when the news is viewed on your site. And did I mention it's legal? Don't worry, that's not short-term memory loss at work… I just reiterate that particular point because many sources of videos on the internet are somewhat more questionable in the legality department.

So how can you get paid for something so simple? Well, there is a wee bit of advertising with the content, but in this day and age we're all used to the occassional ad, right? If you're still on the fence, just watch for yourself:

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