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What’s the next step down from hyperlocal? Kindalocal?

Justin EllisNovember 17, 2011

Patch traffic rides high on local elections and hurricanes, but can a drive-by audience be enough?

In September, Patch saw a 75-percent increase in traffic during Hurricane Irene. Last week, it was a 50-percent increase to some sites with heavy election coverage.

Justin EllisOctober 24, 2011

Aggregation and tips from neighbors drive Philly.com’s new community news site

The prospect of better reaching readers — and advertisers — in a community encourage the Philadelphia Media Network to experiment with curation and open story budgets.

A call for consolidation: Dean Singleton on John Paton, collective action, and the next waves of newspaper cutbacks

“I don’t think there’s any newspaper company in America that won’t have fewer people a year from now than they have today, and fewer still in two to three years.” Martin Langeveld

This Week in Review: Murdoch and Wall Street, AOL takes a dive, and Tribune takes a stab at tablets

Plus: The New York Times opens a test kitchen, the debate over real names, the Kindle embraces the cloud, and TBD turns one. Mark Coddington

Ken DoctorAugust 11, 2011

The newsonomics of the next recession

All those unfriendly trends facing newspaper companies? Expect them to accelerate.

July 8, 2011

This Week in Review: What Google+ could do for news, and Murdoch’s News of the World gets the ax

The newsonomics of the Swift Street Courtyard

There’s a huge opportunity for someone to become the essential guide to local places, events, and commerce. But will news organizations be the ones to take advantage? Ken Doctor

June 23, 2011

The newsonomics of the next-gen NPR network

June 10, 2011

This Week in Review, Apple edition: A Newsstand, a concession, and one newspaper’s challenge to apps

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