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Caroline O'DonovanFebruary 18, 2014

In Connecticut, the Independent Media Network tries to succeed where Patch couldn’t

With 80 members and growing, a news network in Connecticut tries to help local news scale.

Mark CoddingtonJanuary 31, 2014

This Week in Review: Parsing Ezra Klein’s new project, and a mobile news aggregation rush

Plus: An NSA deal is struck, a CNN/Twitter partnership, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news.

Ken DoctorJanuary 30, 2014

The newsonomics of the for-profit move in local online news

Two-year-old startup GoLocal24 is expanding from its New England base across the continent. Will business-driven for-profits like it fill the void of local news in ways nonprofit outlets can’t?

Mark CoddingtonJanuary 17, 2014

This Week in Review: Net neutrality on life support, and Google and Facebook nab startups

Plus: Lessons from the outrage over the Kellers’ columns about tweeting and cancer, and the rest of the week’s news about journalism and tech.

This Week in Review: A judge deals the NSA a blow, and breaking down Patch’s fatal flaws

Plus: 60 Minutes produces a friendly story on the NSA, the ethics of holding stories, and the rest of the week’s journalism and tech news. Mark Coddington

Caroline O'DonovanDecember 9, 2013

In suburban D.C., a network of hyperlocal news sites expands and bets on local advertising

“If everybody’s focused on the billion-dollar opportunity in local, they’re going to be missing out on a lot of other opportunities, because this isn’t a billion-dollar space.”

Ken DoctorOctober 10, 2013

The newsonomics of 10 ways we’ll judge 2014

This year’s been a struggle, and there are plenty of trend lines still headed in the wrong direction. Here are the ideas and developments to watch as the news industry moves into 2014.

Mark CoddingtonAugust 23, 2013

This Week in Review: Censorship in the U.K., and Al Jazeera America’s promise and problems

Plus: Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35 years in prison, Patch cuts its workforce, Jeff Bezos next steps at The Washington Post, and the rest of the week’s news on journalism and the web.

Ken DoctorAugust 19, 2013

The newsonomics of Patch’s unquilting

The lesson now dawning on publishers worldwide is that their reliance on advertising as the major support of their news businesses is all but over.

Mark CoddingtonAugust 16, 2013

This Week in Review: Gauging Bezos’ Post plan, and tech companies’ surveillance dilemma

Plus: The San Francisco Chronicle backtracks on its paywall, layoffs at Patch, the coming arrival of Al Jazeera America, and the rest of the week’s news in journalism and the web.

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