New York Times: Focus on hyperlocal US news sites
April 14th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
Article rounding-up the state of several hyperlocal news start-ups in the US, including Everyblock, Outside.in, Placeblogger and Patch.
Such sites face an advertising paradox, suggests the article: they offer more targeted readers to advertisers, but fewer of them.
Tags: advertising paradox, EveryBlock, Hyperlocal, New York Times, outside in, Patch, Placeblogger, United States
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