Michael Wolff and a team of high profile media people launched Newser.com today (beta).

Lots of press for experienced and high profile media people. Interestingly none of the articles mentioned that the name is a clear ripoff of our Mediabistro's TVNewser.com that has been a strong online brand for quite sometime.

I have been around for a long time so I am used to seeing these types of ripoffs. However one would think that Wolff and company could have been a little more original with their brand selection?