New Media Age: AND’s Local People rolls out iPhone app of local news
Tuesday, 16 February 2010, 13:45
"Local People, Associated Northcliffe Digital’s network of hyperlocal sites, has launched an iPhone app to provide communities with news while on the move. … A Top Places Nearby feature allows users to search for popular attractions by area."
paidContent:UK: DMGT Planning 15 iPhone Apps In 2010, But Why Do Newspapers Love iTunes?
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 08:37
Patrick Smith: "why are news publishers—everyone from Reuters … to the Daily Star—so keen on smartphone users downloading bits of software when there’s a perfectly good internet out there that displays everyone’s content available to everyone?"
The Economist: Local newspapers in peril: The town without news
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 07:53
"An advertising slump has hit local newspapers much harder than national papers or other media (see chart). The growing reach of national brands like Rightmove and Auto Trader means that local papers have lost their grip on property and car advertising. Most painful has been the disappearance of job ads. Public-sector recruitment has shifted mostly to official websites in the past few years, and recession has eroded the rest. In July 1999 an edition of the Echo carried 17 pages of job advertisements. The final issue had one-fifth of one page."
Press Gazette: Northcliffe ultra-local web pilot launches in south-west
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 14:03
"Each site will have a community publisher, whose role is to oversee what is published and contribute some content, but their primary role is to encourage other local people to get involved, write articles and upload content."
New Media Age: Associated Northcliffe Digital launches hyperlocal social sites
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 13:13
"Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) has launched the first phase of its hyperlocal sites, rolling out 23 local community sites in South West England."
