OhmyNews, the South Korean-led citizen journalism venture, is appealing to contributors and readers for money, according to an open letter from its publisher Oh Yeon-ho (via MediaGuardian.co.uk)

via OhmyNews calls on readers for funding – a contributor reacts | Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog.

Times are hard everywhere. Lee Myung-bak is no fan of Ohmynews, which supported the late Roh Moo-hyun.

Where Ohmynews was once one of a kind, it now faces competition. I’m not sure the citizen brigade will be enough to keep it solvent.

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