MixedInk is thrilled to be working with Slate Magazine, which is inviting its readers to collaborate on their own inaugural address.

Join the fun!

www.mixedink.com/slate/inauguraladdress

Here’s the press release:

WASHINGTON – (Business Wire) Slate, the daily online magazine, today launched “The People’s Inaugural Address”, a collaborative, interactive feature that lets users compose, edit and vote for the speech they would want President-Elect Barack Obama to give at his inauguration. Guided by a database of inaugural addresses from past presidents, users will be able to select favorite phrases from previous inaugural speeches and use their own words to create an ideal address.

Powered by cutting-edge technology from MixedInk, “The People’s Inaugural Address” is more than a wiki since it allows anyone to write, remix and rate speeches while synthesizing a variety of opinions to determine the most popular. Slate will feature the top-rated speeches, and visitors can search for other user-generated speeches by author or phrases.

“Combining words from every inaugural address from George Washington to George W. Bush plus ideas and input from the everyday American allows us to create something defined by the country,” said David Plotz, Slate’s Editor. “Slate has always used the Internet to get people to interact in unique ways. We are excited that The People’s Inaugural Address lets anyone participate in speechwriting while commemorating this historic moment.”

Users can create, edit, remix and rate inaugural addresses now through January 16, when Slate will highlight the top-rated speeches and ask users to cast final votes for their favorite ones. On January 19, Slate will publish the top-rated address that is truly of, by, and for the people.

To visit the feature, go to www.slate.com.

About Slate Magazine (www.slate.com)

Slate is a daily online magazine that offers fresh angles on stories in the news and innovative entertainment coverage, all with its signature wit and irreverence. Pushing the boundaries of convention, Slate publishes provocative commentary on topics such as politics, culture, business and technology. Slate reaches 6.7 million online adults a month according to Nielsen and is published by The Slate Group, an online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO).

About MixedInk (mixedink.com)

MixedInk is an Internet startup that has developed innovative, online software for democratic, collaborative writing. The platform enables large groups of people to speak with a collective voice by weaving their language, ideas and opinions into a single text. MixedInk’s site was used by a group of online activists in summer 2008 to create a political platform, a piece of which was subsequently included in the official Democratic Party platform. The company will launch its free public service in January 2009.

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