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Local Onliner

Sep 24
2010

Las Vegas Sun Sees YP-Like Sales Via Personalized ‘Home News’

The Las Vegas Sun is focusing on hyperlocal “Home News” neighborhood information that positions it for Yellow Pages-like sales, according to Sun President Brian Greenspun, who was speaking at a recent conference at the University of Las Vegas Nevada. Greenspun, who works with hyperlocal pioneer Rob Curley, says Home News allows users to tailor the …continue reading »

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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 »

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May 29
2008

Leader of Washington Post’s HyperLocal Efforts Departs

You’ve got to figure if anyone is going to lead the local revolution in the newspaper space it is going to be The Washington Post. To me, the paper signaled its seriousness about hyperlocal when it hired two of its big guns: Arian Holovaty and Rob Curley. But Holovaty, the father of computer data journalism …continue reading »

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