Neighborhood watch: Online startups tackle local news
The latest entrant is the brainchild of three media executives who want to launch a string of sites in mid-size cities, starting with Denver. The business site, known for its snappy style, chart- and image-heavy articles and sheer volume of posts — including many speedy rewrites of news from competitors — sold last fall for nearly $400 million to a German publisher, Axel Springer. The sector labors under the failure of Patch, an AOL-funded string of "hyperlocal" news sites that reportedly lost... Читать дальше...