Salon.com and Pseudo Team to Cover Political Conventions

Salon.com has signed a deal to provide webcast coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions. Under a just-announced partnership, Salon.com and Internet TV network Pseudo Programs Inc. ) will offer comprehensive streaming video programming of these major political events, to be held in Philadelphia July 31 to August 4, and in Los Angeles August 14 to 18.

Salon and Pseudo Programs will co-produce the "Salon.com News Hour," a live program broadcast from Pseudo's skybox. The interactive show,to be hosted by Salon reporters, will feature discussions about the day's news and events, live interviews, and questions from the online audience. The "Salon.com News Hour" will be webcast at 7 p.m. EDT daily throughout both conventions. Internet users will be able to watch the program and interact, using real-time chat, on Salon'sPolitics 2000) site.

In addition, Salon will cover the events happening beyond the convention walls where alternative conventions and protests will be staged. Salon users will also be able to immerse themselves in convention events 24 hours a day via Pseudo's webcams, including several 360-degree cameras.

"As the networks have cut back on their commitment to convention coverage, they've left a vacuum that we on the Web are happy to fill," said Joan Walsh, vice president of news for Salon.com. "Our gavel-to-gavel coverage and partnership with Pseudo will give political junkies and casual observers alike a one-stop-shop for all the convention events."