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US hyperlocal fails to monetise
By Alex Klaushofer. Leading US hyperlocal TBD is downsizing, slashing its staff and dumping its news coverage in favour of local entertainment and lifestyle content. The decision by the Washington-based site will come as a disappointment to watchers of the hyperlocal model. Launched last summer as a pioneering model for local newsgathering, the site quickly [...] -
Murdoch’s Daily doesn’t cross the pond
Much as we would love to bring you a review of Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper The Daily, we cannot. It is not available in the UK app store, nor is there any indication that it will be. There is a cheat to get hold of a copy – detailed here, but we are not going [...] -
Not on my Patch
A detailed long-term analysis of AOL’s Patch local news sites appears today at the Reynolds Journalism Institute. It tracks the company’s attempt to create a national network of hyperlocal news sites, via a $50m investment that has now spawned 700 sites across the USA. In an encounter with Patch editor in chief, author Robert Hernandez [...]