Comments on: News & improved

By: gz

gz — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:05:06 +0000

We continue to see ventures focused on local content, but who is focused on aggregating local advertising, which is presumably a critical component of the revenue model for these types of ventures?

By: Steve Safran

Steve Safran — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:09:01 +0000

Jeff: You’re supposed to espouse transparency, right? Yet here you are, telling us about a supposed “free lunch,” without mentioning what was served? A delicious croque monsieur? Salad? Diet Coke? Were fries involved? What did Tyndall order and when?

I’m also p.o.’d because I gave Tyndall two cents worth of advice and didn’t even get a bag of chips.

Curses.

By: Greg0658

Greg0658 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:47:31 +0000

And the big pictures reminds me of a so called piece of art last summer at Columbia College (Chicago) … a robotic mannequin beating his head against the wall.

By: Robert Feinman

Robert Feinman — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:01:28 +0000

I just discovered I don’t really care about reports of potholes and traffic deaths no matter how local they are.

Sometimes the noise of daily life is worth ignoring. Hyper local seems hyper boring.

By: CaptiousNut

CaptiousNut — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:32:46 +0000

Does anyone even care about network news anymore?

I feel bad for anyone that has to watch all the network newscasts, every single day.

By: Hasan Jafri

Hasan Jafri — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:15:19 +0000

Very nice JOB. Local news rocks. But they need to get away from sourcing a bulk of the posts as coming from Feedburner. Feebburner is not the source. It’s just a tool for optimizing content distribution.

I should add, I’m a fan and this nugget of wisdom, irksome as it is, in good faith. I opened the page for Seattle and half the items had Feedburner written on them. I understand they’re using Feedburner, or else bloggers are, but it’s a little like saying “from PHP” or “from AJAX.” We don’t do that.