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Wayback YousDesk Screenshot Shows Early Proof-Of-Concept For A Publisher Content Exchange

This archived Wayback Machine screenshot preserves evidence that the YousDesk project was live and publicly accessible before it was eventually discontinued. The item is significant because YousDesk was an early attempt to solve part of the same problem later addressed through newsX: how publishers, agencies and contributors could exchange or access editorial content in a more structured and mutually beneficial way. The screenshot matters in the wider CEN/newsX evidence chain because it shows that Michael Leidig’s attempts to rethink agency distribution, content exchange and compensation predated both the BuzzFeed dispute and the later Proof of Work model. Read alongside the material on Google News, unpaid editorial labour, agency attribution and newsX, this item helps document the long development path from early exchange experiments to the current effort to create a sustainable system for recognising, validating and funding original journalism.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – Archived Web Screenshots

Europe Media newsX CIC Published 3 May 2026 at 13:59 Source: 16 July 2016

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