NYTimes.com has kicked off the the beta launch of Times Extra, an alternative view of the homepage that links to third-party sources. Times Extra aggregates headlines from other news organizations and
blogs across the Web, matching the most relevant to articles its homepage. "The days when content sites were afraid to link to other sites are over," said Marc Frons, CTO for digital operations, The
New York Times Company, in a release. The automated ranking of news stories is powered by Blogrunner, a news aggregator owned by The Times Company.
