Ebyline Raises $5 Million From E.W. Scripps To Help News Organizations Fight Off Content Farms

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Last September, a group of former L.A. Times veterans launched Ebyline as a better way for news organizations to manage their freelance talent and syndicate their own content. The goal was to give the Web's shady content farms a run for their monies by creating an open marketplace for freelance journalists to pitch story ideas, take assignments from editors they work with, and get paid. Publishers, on the other hand, can use Ebyline to bring their content to other newspapers and publications. Variety, for example, uses the platform to syndicate its movie reviews to other websites. (You can read our initial coverage here.)In November, Ebyline raised $1.5 million from E.W. Scripps, and today the newspaper publisher is demonstrating further confidence in the growing startup, announcing that it is leading a $5 million series B round investment to help the platform scale.]]>