The New York Times has given an update on its hyperlocal experiment and says that while the content is flowing it has "been harder to figure out the business model". In one of its regular Talk to The Times slots Jim Schachter, editor for digital initiatives, spoke about hyperlocals and the...
Fast Company takes a look at the hyperlocal market that everyone is watching, which some say is a multi-billion dollar future of online, but might not amount to anything much more than a sizeable pile of nickels. The projections say, according to Borrell Associates, that the hyperlocal market could ...
If I had any money here is what I wouldn't do: put it into a news website, and neither will many people in the US, where former newspaper journalists are struggling to find subscribers for their post print online ventures. My feeling is that you might as well flush it down the toilet with a smile...
A sad day for newspapers as Hearst closes the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and takes it online, but what it plans online, with efforts to create a community title, could be the model for the future. I blogged last week about the woes of the top 25 US newspapers and how the future is shaping up to become...
