It is pretty apparent that most of the "news" on the front page consists of very little more than a hasty rewrite of a regulatory announcement or a company press release, with a leavening of "Top stock edge higher/lower".

I have to say that I find this of very limited use - does anyone else see any value in it? If there was actually some analysis of the news it would be a good resource, but I don't see that the current regurgitation adds any value.

zz, I read over on the other side that you can't get ADVFN streaming charts, have you tried the AM ones under Beta test? There is a thread about them in the Traders' Room.

I agree with MM, the front page highlights relevant stories without me having to trawl through RNS announcements etc. Not sure what could be put there as an alternative to improve this!

SH

Personally I think it would be good if you could see the threads under the 'traders room' , even if you could not open them, without being able to see them it is difficult to gauge the value of upgrading, IMO.

Actually, zz, I just remembered that AM's streaming charts are currently running on a test server which is less kind to firewalls etc. than the production servers. When it is released generally then it ought to work the same as streaming quotes.

Let me rephrase - having the actual news items there has some value (though without knowing what criteria are attached to the selection, there is no way I would rely on this as a news source), what I can't see is the use of having slightly reworded versions of the RNS/press release, (presumably by Shares mag staff?). This is potentially misleading, as it implies there is some journalistic analysis being done rather than a simple restatement of someone else's words.

The one repeating story that is not obviously a retread is the highly unimaginative "top stocks inch higher/lower/round in circles" one which is usually the top story.

-- Kayak

Got 'em working now. Don't have access to Trader's room - can't see any reason to subscribe. To be brutally honest, the Investor's Room has been so poor that I haven't been tempted to subscribe to the other board.

-- MightyMicro

re: The House of Ainsoph is somewhat pejorative. It's also a pretty accurate reflection of the Investor's board, unfortunately.

What I was looking for from the "news" content is some sign that the involvement with Shares was injecting some judgement and analysis of the stories, rather than spending two minutes rephrasing them - something already available from the like of ShareCast - ie, I wanted a new theStreet.

zz: The sub is only a few quid a month . . . I think it's worth it.

I understand your comment about the news content, but it's not all a regurgitation of RNS -- Kam Patel has done an excellent job and "Max Planck" is a composite of Shares journalists.

Also -- we're new -- this has been running live just three months -- and now we're about to introduce a great wireless service to phones and PDAs -- sorry, subscription only.

C'mon, part with a few bob.

Cheers

Derek (IST and MoneyAM)