Refocusing on local news is meant to save newspapers from the problem of the oversupply of commoditised news online. But Adrian Monck isn't convinced: "news content suffers from a demand-side problem - that there’s little incentive for most people to be well-informed on public policy topics, beyond the social transaction value (and that dictates a lot of news-framing which uses fear or disgust to provoke interest and reaction)." Read More...