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Articles tagged hyperlocal (61)

Amedeo Tumolillo and Rich GordonMay 18, 2018

What a 2004 experiment in hyperlocal news can tell us about community voices today

Can a community news platform serve as “technology that protects our minds and replenishes society”?

Christine SchmidtAugust 10, 2017

The Shawnee Mission Post sees success in a new formula: Paywall. More civics. Fewer restaurants.

“Nobody goes into journalism because they want to cater to advertisers and deliver them as many eyeballs as possible.”

Dan KennedyFebruary 17, 2016

Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news

“For someone just starting out with a local news project, the most important takeaway from our report — and our work in general — is that we are stronger working together than we are working alone.”

Madeline WelshJanuary 28, 2016

The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local

By creating locally focused series of short online videos and partnering with local outlets in early primary and caucus states, the company aims to capture some of the digital political ad dollars that could otherwise go elsewhere.

How a local startup in Charlotte, North Carolina thinks it can make online advertising work

Joseph LichtermanOctober 14, 2015

With a neighborhood-level focus, Hoodline is trying to fill a gap in San Francisco news

Hoodline, which covers 24 neighborhoods throughout San Francisco, says its granular coverage makes it stand apart.

Dan KennedySeptember 29, 2015

The Worcester Sun wants to bootstrap paywalled hyperlocal digital into a Sunday print product

“We could use Sunday print to boost us into the stratosphere, to get us into a stable orbit where we can launch other things.”

The hyperlocal news landscape may be bad in the U.S., but the U.K. faces even bigger challenges

Joshua BentonSeptember 1, 2015

As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed

The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?

Joseph LichtermanAugust 7, 2014

Turning a profit in the Netherlands: How a Dutch hyperlocal network has grown

Hyperlocal network Dichtbij has 44 local sites throughout the country, and brought in about €10 million in revenue last year.

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