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Patch takes on the ‘hood’
Case study by Tim Dawson. When Alex Trebek, the host of US tv show Jeopardy fell chasing a burglar last week he gave Patch.com one of their biggest stories of the year. The San Francisco site of the national hyperlocal news network got the story. News of the silver-haired 71 year old taking up chase [...] -
Back to the future with Huffington Post UK
Comment by Alex Klaushofer. The much-heralded Huffington Post UK last week appeared amid a fanfare as quiet as, well, the one that greets a New Model Journalism launch. Even before the announcement of the death of the News of the World stole its thunder, the response on Twitter (#Huffpouk) consisted of a few cheerfully self-promoting [...] -
IPC’s cautious embrace of digital
Case study by Tim Dawson. As publishers fall over themselves to unveil iPad editions, IPC has the quiet satisfaction of being well ahead of the game. The magazine publisher has been offering online subscriptions through Zinio for seven years. Today nearly all of its 60 titles are available through the multi-platform American distributor. “Initially we [...] -
Hyperlocalism – the next landgrab?
Comment by Alex Klaushofer. If the rhetoric is to be believed, hyperlocalism is the most promising trend the digital age has brought journalism. There are now hundreds of websites around the country, bringing local communities unprecedented levels of news gathered by newly-empowered citizen journalists. With their scrutiny of the local and celebration of the particular, [...] -
Foundation funding reveals murky world of farm subsidies
Case study by Tim Dawson. Michael Heseltine always enjoyed being considered one of the ‘big beasts’ of British politics. Less well known, until recently, is that he has long been a recipient of around £90,000 of annual funding from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Lord Hesseltine, who founded the magazine company Haymarket, is thought [...] -
Is it payback time for the free culture?
By Alex Klaushofer. Signs of a growing backlash against the journalism-for-free culture come from – yes, you’ve guessed it – the States. Like many others who have been supplying the Huffington Post with free material, Visual Art Source is disaffected with the translation of their goodwill into the $315 million that the sale of the [...] -
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 [...]