Tech News Post 08

It appears AOL is jumping on the NowPublic bandwagon by starting their own user generated content program.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/new_media/aol_seed_now_scrambling_for_overdue_sxsw_stories_155249.asp

Will crowd sourcing become the norm for internet media? It the corporate induction and popularization of such methods diminishing original content on the internet?