June 19, 2008

Huffington Post Goes Local

by Dan Gould

Huffington Post Goes LocalWe’ve talked about local media recently - with the idea of 10,000 niche newspapers and our interview with John Geraci from local news aggregator Outside.in. This rekindled interest in local media is spreading. The Huffington Post has just announced plans to expand into local news across the US. A site focusing on Chicago will roll out first, followed by a dozen more. The sites will aggregate news, sports, crime, arts and business news from different local sources including bloggers.

The Guardian: Huffington Post Starts Local News Push

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2 Responses to “Huffington Post Goes Local”

  1. John Gillett
    Posted from: 66.241.93.143

    June 19th, 2008 at 10:58 am

    It’s only a matter of time before new bloggers overtake the NY Times in readership…

    Maybe they already have?

  2. rupert
    Posted from: 208.65.210.97

    June 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am

    There is a good discussion - essentially about ethics of citizen journalists - with the editor of the Guardian and Ariana Huffington.

    Should a citizen journalist disclose the fact, just as a journalist for any newspaper has to? Yes.

    Would Mayhill Fowler have got the Clinton ’scoop’ on the rope-line if she had? No.

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