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'Roll Your Own News' DVDs Now Shipping

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-from-mickey-roony dept.

theodp writes "Amazon.com and CBS have partnered to offer a la carte news clips on custom-made DVDs. Pay $24.95 and you'll get 10 clips or 90 minutes, whichever comes first. Not too surprisingly, CBS News seems to have the best coverage on the new service."

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  1. I remember a time... by Aeron65432 · · Score: 4, Informative

    when CNN attempted to make their content pay-to-view (made far worse by partnering it with RealPlayer). Even if it is an exclusive CBS story, there is no way that people are going to pay money to watch it when they can read about it from other sources or find out about it the next day.

    Not only did they drop it, but CNN/FOX/MSNBC offer premium content on their webpage for free.

  2. purpose by poppen_fresh · · Score: 4, Informative

    To everyone who seems to think this is useless, I think you've missed the point. The summary and headline are perhaps misleading. This seems to be more geared toward owning a copy of the clip or news segment, not a way to get the current news. THe usa today article says

    CustomFlix, an Amazon division, allows customers to select from "thousands" of clips dating as far back as 1990
    .