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- Chris Tolles: Localizing Internet News
- Chris Tolles is CEO of Topix, an online local news aggregator. Tolles talks about the shortcomings that most news sources carry and gives fresh perspective on his target user base.
- Videos 2008-05-13
- Sean Bonner: Grassroots News Goes Global
- After moving to Los Angeles, Sean Bonner had a difficult time finding relevant local news and advice. In 2003, Bonner solved the problem by co-founding Bode Media, the parent company of The Metroblogging Project. Named Best of the Web by Forbes, this network of local blogs offers news, dining...
- Videos 2007-12-11
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- TV Stations Must Reinvent Local News To Survive
- Here's a little-known fact: Local TV stations depend heavily on their news operations, which typically account for about half their revenues. As a result, they're also highly vulnerable to the death spiral that's overtaken newspapers as news migrates to the Web. But there may be a way...
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Guardian Hiring Bloggers For Local News Network
- There’s now no doubt that Guardian News & Media is planning a local online news project. It’s hiring for metropolitan “beatbloggers” in Cardiff, Leeds and Edinburgh for local news services that will launch early next year.A job ad is seeking “bloggers interested in creating and curating local multimedia content...
- External links 2009-10-12
- The New MSN: Will More White Space and Local News Make You Visit It?
- Microsoft just announced a radical redesign of its MSN homepage. Today's MSN homepage for the US market is a busy mix of ads, hundreds of links and some customizable local news and weather widgets. The redesign , which is MSN's first major redesign since 2004, puts...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Time Warner to Bow N.C. Local-News Nets.(Time Warner Cable launches 24-hour local news channels in Charlotte, Raleigh)(Brief Article)
- STAMFORD, CONN. -- Time Warner Cable will launch 24-hour local news channels in Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., according to officials. The MSO, which already has five local-news services, expects its North Carolina networks to begin operations STAMFORD,...
- Research articles 2000-11-13
- Media ownership regulations and local news programming on broadcast television: an empirical analysis
- In the vast and complex U.S. media landscape, local television news occupies an important place. The starring role of local news plays out in several interrelated ways. First, local television news continues to be the primary news source for Americans despite its decline in popularity in recent years (Pew Research...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Topix's CEO on the Future of "Micro-Local" News
- Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix, doesn't think much of journalists. "There's a lot of arrogance among journalists, as if they are performing a public service. Their job should be to get lots of audience attention and engagement. Period." Never mind that three of Tolles's major investors are Gannett, McClatchy and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Local News Goes Mobile
- The Press-Enterprise announced today the launch of pe.com/mobile , a new interactive resource that delivers local news and information to web-enabled cell phones. The content is constantly updated throughout each day and organized into eight categories of interest: Local News, Local Weather (including Doppler Radar and five-day forecasts),...
- Research articles 2007-02-28
- Ops can use MDS for local news. (cable TV operators; multipoint distribution service)
- Ops Can Use MDS for Local News WASHINGTON - Cable systems wanting to use multipoint distribution service MDS channels to transmit programming for local news ventures just got a break from the Federal Communications Commission. But...
- Research articles 1991-10-07
- Fox and NBC partner on local news services
- Fox Television and NBC Local Media have signed a deal to pool their local news resources. The money-saving move will see the two firms set up joint video newsgathering services, starting in Philadelphia in January and rolling out to other major US cities throughout 2009. ...
- Articles 2008-11-14
- MSNBC.com Enters Into Agreement With Morris Communications to Deliver In-Depth Local News
- Business Editors REDMOND, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 18, 2002 Content from Daily Newspapers to Become Part of the MSNBC.com Affiliate Network MSNBC.com (www.msnbc.com), the number one Internet news site, has reached an agreement with Morris Communications to incorporate local news content from some of its daily newspapers into...
- Research articles 2002-03-18
- Fox Television Stations and NBC Local Media Form Local News Service
- New Venture to Provide General Market News Footage to Participating Stations Service to Launch in Philadelphia in January 2009 NEW YORK -- The Fox Television Stations and NBC Local Media will form a local news service in Philadelphia, with plans to roll out the service in other markets...
- Research articles 2008-11-13
- Jeff Jarvis Presents Model for Saving Local News, But Can It Work?
- Erick Schonfeld submits: Local news always seems to get the short end of the stick, both in terms of coverage and advertising dollars. And as the entire newspaper industry continues to struggle for survival, the prospects for local news looks particularly bleak. It just doesn’t pay to...
- External links 2009-08-17
- Aether Develops Local News Gateway For Newspaper Association of America; Provides Connectivity and Hosting Services to Newly Launched Link To Local News Sources
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 19, 2001 Aether Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: AETH), a leading provider of wireless data products and services, today announced that it has designed and implemented a news gateway, a wireless link to local news sources across the country, for the Newspaper Association...
- Research articles 2001-07-19
- 'Channel 18' seeks aid after Adelphia lease hike.(a local news operation fights bankruptcy with bankruptcy)
- A 10-year-old local news operation, faced with what it called a six-fold rate increase to lease a local channel from Adelphia Communications Corp., is fighting bankruptcy with bankruptcy. The Martinsville, Va., channel, called Channel 18, is a A 10-year-old...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
- TCI-Fox pact bears fruit in Windy City. (Fox Broadcasting Co./Tele-Communications Inc. local news channel called Chicago Cable News)
- TCI-Fox Pact Bears Fruit in Windy City It looks like the first one out of the gate in Chicago's local news race will be a Fox Broadcasting Co.-Tele-Communications Inc. hybrid called Chicago Cable News. The seven-day...
- Research articles 1990-09-17
- Local-news veteran Joel Cheatwood--perhaps best-known for his "if it bleeds, it leads" approach to newscasts--is joining CNN headline news as executive producer.(We Report, We Decided)(Brief Article)
- Local-news veteran JOEL CHEATWOOD--perhaps best-known for his "if it bleeds, it leads" approach to newscasts--is joining CNN HEADLINE NEWS as executive ... Local-news veteran JOEL CHEATWOOD--perhaps best-known for his "if it bleeds, it leads" approach to newscasts--is joining CNN HEADLINE NEWS as executive...
- Research articles 2004-04-19
- EveryBlock: A New Model for Local News?
- Most Mondays, we're confronted with another barrage of bad news for the newspaper industry, but not today. Nielsen Online is out with a new report that eight of the ten largest newspaper websites are showing double-digit growth in traffic. But, first, to one of the most exciting...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- AOL buys two sites to boost local news output
- AOL is buying two small websites which specialise in local content in an attempt to better target the market for local news. AOL confirmed the purchase of Patch Media and Going for less than USD10m each on June 11. Patch...
- Articles 2009-06-11
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