Introduction

CNN.com is among the world's leaders in online news and information delivery. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated staff in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and in bureaus worldwide, CNN.com relies heavily on CNN's global team of almost 4,000 news professionals. CNN.com features the latest multimedia technologies, from live video streaming to audio packages to searchable archives of news features and background information. The site is updated continuously throughout the day. (Source:http://www.cnn.com/about/)

MSNBC.com is "one of the most honored online news organizations." They "combine breaking news, original journalism, extensive sources, advanced technology and expansive content to provide readers with 'A Fuller Spectrm of News.'"(Source:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21697053/welcome/)

Purpose

The purpose of this site will be to evaluate and compare two similar websites: MSNBC.com and CNN.com

The criteria used for this evaluation will be: