Reddit Plans to Offer Embeds for Breaking News Discussions

Reddit is planning to offer embeds for breaking news threads, a move that could help news organizations tap into instant live blogs of newsworthy events.

Erik Martin, general manager for Reddit, says the embeds will likely roll out this summer. They would let blogs and news organizations repackage the live reporting feature that Reddit introduced in beta last month

"Unlike with self-post or comment based live updates, there's no limit to how many updates can be posted during the course of an event," a Reddit blog post read. "Liveupdate streams exist outside of subreddits and are designed to be submitted like any other link to whatever (multiple) subreddits are relevant to the stream." Read more...