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Who would have guessed? The New York Times launches its "Local" Web site covering five communities in Brooklyn and the New Jersey suburbs. It's The Times' first big foray into citizen journalism and exploration of the Web's "hyper-local" space. You can read the article on Wall Street Journal's blog. Postscript (07/12/10): Unfortunately, the NYT experiment has not shown the success that the paper was hoping for, and has been shut down it's New Jersey division since the blog post was first published…….Continue Reading New York Times goes ‘Local’

The New York Times' David Carr isn't giving up on his idea of newspapers forming a pay wall around their content. His recommendation: A bit of good, old-fashioned collusion. You can read the New York Times article here…….Continue Reading Newspaper tonic? Good old collusion

Like many news-based magazines, Mother Jones is struggling to find a business model that survives both the recession and the digital revolution. Is its non-profit model the way of the future? You can read the article in the New York Times here…….Continue Reading Mother Jones: the case for non-profit news

Kindle2 has gotten mostly favorable reviews as a reader of books and newspapers, but mixed reviews as a changemaker for the news business. Steve Rubel is unmixed.  He thinks it may be the news media’s last, best chance at salvation. You can read Steve Rubel’s blog here…….Continue Reading Rubel: Kindle could save the news

The demise of the TV analog signal has given stations more digital channels than they know what to do with. But a New York City station, WNBC, thinks it has one answer: Creation of 24-hour local news channel. Creators think they can reach an audience of 5.7 million. You can read the artciel in TV Week here…….Continue Reading At WNBC, an all-local news channel

Simon Dumenco says he won't pay for a new gadget that has the news. What would he pay for? An iPhone application that helps him navigate his way through the news cloud. You can read the article in Advertising Age here……Continue Reading An iPhone news app Dumenco would buy

Is entrepreneurialism dead at newspapers? Not at the Bakersfield Californian, which is about to take its "printcasting" idea national. You can read the article in Business Week here…….Continue Reading Newspaper gives ‘printcasting’ a try

It isn’t taking long for laid-off journalists to sprout new journalistic ventures online.  Mark Potts says not all of them are going to be viable, but notes that this kind of thing would have been unthinkable a few years ago. You can ead Mark Potts’ blog here…….Continue Reading A paper closes; new shoots sprout

There's an added benefit to the idea of getting extra Web site revenue from readers' donations, writes Emily Sussman. They might also help shield the sites from undue advertiser pressure. You can read Emily Sussman's blog here…….Continue Reading Reader donations: picking up steam?

Mark Briggs argues that the stars are aligned for a re-emergence of freelance reporting. And advantage goes to those who have been freelancing all along. You can read Mark Briggs' blog here…….Continue Reading Freelance reporting roars back