Comments on: Backfence Shuts Down

By: Google’s stealth effort to launch local newspapers? « Jeff Pelline’s Blog

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:09:39 +0000

[...] is not the first such effort to create a small-town online paper, using user-generated content. “Backfence” comes to [...]

By: Hyperlocal: More Than News « Your Suspect

Hyperlocal: More Than News « Your Suspect — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:32:39 +0000

[...] With the recent news about Backfence shutting down, there’s been an awful lot of chatter in the blogosphere about this “hyperlocal” space. The single least common denominator I’m seeing among these many blogs is the characterization of hyperlocal as being about news, with perhaps the exception of Peter Krasilovsky’s recent post. [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:53:55 +0000

Mark Potts now provides his “official” version of what happened with BackFence. NOt much new here, for Local Onliner readers. The post is very defensive (i,.e.don’t look for Andy Sacks like revelations).
http://recoveringjournalist.typepad.com/recovering_journalist/2007/07/

By: 242turbo

242turbo — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:45:37 +0000

durn, fouled up the URL http://www.lakeconews.com

By: 242turbo

242turbo — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:44:18 +0000

No surprise there. Wanna check out some real ‘hyper local’ journalism (whatever that means) in Northern California brought to you by veteran journalists with less passion for venture capitalists than the First amendment?
Lake County News
This site spanks the local corporate media daily, has gobs of local contributors and is totally ad free.
That is the new model.

By: links for 2007-07-11 « David Black

links for 2007-07-11 « David Black — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:27:16 +0000

[...] The Local Onliner » Backfence Shuts Down “Backfence’s real legacy may be that it was a laboratory that helped pave the way for newspapers to seriously pursue hyper-local solutions that, notably, are not centered around local news (which it turns out, is not always very compelling).” (tags: internet socialmedia community participatory journalism news hyperlocal citizenmedia backfence) [...]

By: Karen Bridgman

Karen Bridgman — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:49:47 +0000

With regard to the issue of hyper local news sites having a viable economic model, a new hyper-local network of sites is just launching in New Zealand. The economic model is slightly different because the revenue base is more than site advertising. With a searchable directory and the provision of a range of services to local businesses, our revenue forecasting is looking positive! Have a look at http://www.iworldpeople.co.nz

By: links for 2007-07-10 at Framtider.net

links for 2007-07-10 at Framtider.net — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:18:12 +0000

[...] The Local Onliner » Backfence Shuts Down (tags: toread) [...]

By: yellowbot

yellowbot — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:23:44 +0000

Sorry to see them go :-(

By: Backfence didn’t make it « MediaBizTech

Backfence didn’t make it « MediaBizTech — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:01:44 +0000

[...] Peter Krasilovsky’s noted that the site’s legacy may be that it pushed local newspapers into adjusting to hyper-local communities. [...]