NewsCloud.com - People Run News Aggregator

Wary of corporate owned media outlets broadcasting their own brand of news? If so, turn to NewsCloud, a news aggregator operated by you, and the web community at large. NewsCloud champions a free and open press. Readers from around the world can use the site to submit news stories that interest them. Besides submitting stories, members of the site can vote and comment on each item. Mousing over the more options link gives readers the opportunity to jump to the original source and to visit the contributor’s journal. The journals comprise all comments and posts submitted by a NewsCloud member. They also include any clouds, or news channels a user subscribes to. Other features include RSS feeds, daily pictures and a widget.

“You can use NewsCloud to...
Keep up with essential news from around the Web
Meet new people who share your interests
Discover interesting stories posted by other readers
Discuss stories with other NewsCloud readers
Submit stories you want to share
Email stories to your friends”

This is a well executed people powered news aggregator. It has a wide range of features to keep readers busy . On the design front, it’s easily navigated and the elements which make up the UI are intuitive and accommodating.

How is this going to be monetized? Marketing plans?