Truemors
Huffington Post Goes After Local News
Not content simply to dabble in the political blogosphere (aka becoming "the most linked to blog on the web"), the esteemed HuffPo is bring the news to your own backyard. If you live in Chicago, that...
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CBS Launches Local Widget Ad Network
The new news business model for 2008:1. Hyperlocal content2. Content widgets on social media sites3. Ad rev share with 3rd party partnersOnly thing is, it's an unproven model. Will it work?"Television stations owned...222 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
CBS Offers Midtown Manhattan Free Wireless Internet Access
"Some awesome news out of Manhattan today. CBS Corporation has announced today that it will "light up" midtown Manhattan with the creation of the "CBS Mobile Zone," a wireless high-speed network enabling New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones, laptops or other devices to... Boyd vs Jarvis on the importance of local news
Earlier this week Leonard Brody, one of my co-founders at NowPublic sparked controversy in the blogosphere when he questioned the relevance of local news to the new generation of media consumers. He was quoted on GigaOm as saying:"“I’m not a believer in local...Pay citizen journalists $1000/month: modest proposal
Tom Grubisich knows a thing or two about citizen journalism, writing about them for the Online Journalism Review. A former reporter and editor for The Washington Post, he now works for the World Bank in DC as a...517 views | 5 comments | 0 recommendations
Citizen Journalism Site to Shut Down
"(AP) A news site that has allowed its users to write and submit their own articles is shutting down, citing unspecified "business issues." Backfence Inc. had "hyperlocal" sites serving 13 communities in the...503 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
