Demotix, the Street Newswire, Signs Telegraph Media

Demotix has signed an exclusive deal with the Telegraph website for its Widget.

The Telegraph, with the UK's biggest broadsheet web audience and over 23 million unique viewers in April 09, is carrying the Demotix Widget on its World News page. It joins Le Monde in France, Lebanon's Future News, and the Himalayan Times of Nepal.

The Demotix Widget features the best daily stories from Demotix' 5,600 users around the world (120 countries and counting) telling stories the traditional newswires could never find.

Demotix CEO, Turi Munthe, said: "For Demotix, this is really exciting. The Telegraph were our very earliest supporter, and immediately understood what we were trying to achieve. As for our contributors, the chance to get their stories out to so many people in the UK, US, Canada and elsewhere is fantastic. Demotix was founded to give a loudspeaker to the man and woman on the street. With this partnership, their voices just got louder."

Justin Williams, Assistant Editor, The Daily Telegraph, said: "We're delighted to showcase Demotix's amazing images to telegraph.co.uk's global audience. The Telegraph was the first UK media organisation to spot the immense potential of Demotix and its global network of correspondents and we're looking forward to continuing the partnership as this innovative project continues to grow in size and influence."