Thursday, April 8th, 2010

What it means to leave the newspaper business

Tweet Dear neglected blog readers, I’m sorry I’ve been ignoring you. But I do have some tidbits that are worth a read: Q and A with Steve Buttry: Brian Cubbison features an interview with Buttry on his blog this week that’s truly worth a read. (Full disclosure, Brian is a friend and former colleague; Buttry is a [...]

Share on Facebook
Share

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Omaha World-Herald buys hyperlocal WikiCity

Tweet The Omaha World-Herald Co. announced this week it has purchased WikiCity, a hyperlocal site with local content for just more than 22,000 U.S. communities that I wrote about on this blog in August. WikiCity, which started in late 2008 and launched publicly this summer, is a bit like  CitySearch with its telephone-book-like listings of [...]

Share on Facebook
Share

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

WikiCity aims for ‘hyper’ hyperlocal content

Tweet WikiCity is one of the latest to jump on the hyperlocal bandwagon, which includes traditional news sites, blogs, and hybrids. WikiCity started in late 2008, but announced itself formally this summer with local content for just more than 22,000 U.S. communities. It’s a bit like CitySearch with its telephone-book-like listings of restaurants and businesses and similar to [...]

Share on Facebook
Share