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NY Times enlists readers as community reporters

By Julie Starr | Published: June 7, 2009
The New York Times is asking readers to cover local body meetings as part of its The Local - Fort Greene/Clinton Hill blog initiative.
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The future is local

By Julie Starr | Published: June 20, 2008
Interesting to see that US blogsite Huffington Post is branching out into local news (via ReadWriteWeb).
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Small town papers remain in rude health – for now

By Julie Starr | Published: April 12, 2008
I read this story, headlined Small Towns, Big Profits, on Editor & Publisher a while back. It finds that small papers in the US are ticking along very nicely compared to their big-city counterparts. Some are even enjoying record profits and most report their margins remain intact.
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US papers are losing local ad sales; New Zealand papers are completely ignoring them

By Julie Starr | Published: December 21, 2007
US newspapers are losing the battle for local online advertising to web-only players like Google, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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