This widget is one more example of how news is distributed from a world event by an organization that used to represent mass media, and now embraces social media.

I didn’t have to drop it in here on the blog. I simply added it via the NBC site, while registering for text updates -a more personalized opt-in method of grabbing the news as it happens.

[clearspring_widget title=”Latest Olympics News Video and Photos” wid=”4812279165b55abb” pid=”489f079ec276d62d” width=”300″ height=”400″ domain=”widgets.clearspring.com”]