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Local Onliner

Apr 30
2010

San Diego News Network Adds Weekly Print Edition

The U.S. Local News Network says that its San Diego News Network site is launching a weekly print edition of its best news stories. Print editions have been looked at by other sites to raise visibility for the site and reinforce advertising relationships. Prior to its acquisition by Citysearch, InsiderPages actively promoted a print edition …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Newspapers

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Apr 6
2010

‘Daily Deals’ Galore: Dueling San Diego Media Take on Groupon

The San Diego Union Tribune and the upstart San Diego News Network are launching competing “Daily Deal” products, with Facebook and Twitter accompaniments, and will try to eat into the lead in the local market that has been assumed by Groupon (and Living Social and many others). The SDUT launches its Groupon-like “Sign on San …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, HyperLocal, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Sep 29
2009

San Diego Hyperlocal Site Launches ‘U.S. Local News Network’

The San Diego News Network announced ambitious plans to expand its template for local news, sports, events, lifestyle and entertainment, to 40 North American cities in the next 30 months. The company, renamed The U.S. Local News Network, already has sites in San Diego and the southwest portion of adjacent Riverside County. It is set …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, TV/Radio

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Sep 28
2009

One Newspaper’s Revenue Strategy: Hardcore Focus on Local, Print

Newspapers can still win with a hardcore community focus in their journalism and advertising, and a renewed emphasis on print. Or at least, that’s s the message delivered by Ed Moss, the newly installed publisher of The San Diego Union Tribune, which was sold a few months ago at a firesale price to Platinum Equity, …continue reading »

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Aug 24
2009

Stretching Boundaries: San Diego News Net Extends into Riverside

Local websites don’t necessarily follow jurisdictional borders, traditional newspaper circulation areas or broadcast DMAs. Hyperlocal sites, similarly, are finding they can effortlessly extend their market reach and leverage their technology platforms. The San Diego News Network, which has been funded to the tune of $1.8 million and whose president is former San Diego Union Tribune …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Money, Newspapers

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Jun 1
2009

Greenspun Pares Back ‘Online First’ Agenda; Jennewein Departs

Driven by the vision of newspaper innovators Rob Curley and Chris Jennewein, Greenspun Media, the publisher of The Las Vegas Sun, has spent heavily to develop a next generation local media division focused on online video, databases and other services. Indeed, it has sketched a path for other local media companies in the space. Its …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal, Misc, Newspapers, Sales Channels, Video

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