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Future of online news may be 'hyperlocal'
- AndrewDucker 17y agoOne problem - I don't care about my local news. I care about tech news, national and supra-national politics, and other things that are topic based. My interest in what's going on in my local area is pretty tiny - and limited to only a couple of limited areas (like when the %^&%^& tram system is going to be finished).
- CalmQuiet 17y agoYes, but if you're interested in developing a startup, you might (I do) find it interesting to consider local population as an audience worth targeting - given how the print media is failing it. [that's the relevance I see for HN]
- pie 17y agoIt seems as though I hear this "next big thing in news" revelation every 6 months or so. I think we continue to have difficulty imagining the as-yet-unrealized "hyperlocal killer app," or perhaps it will simply turn out to be the right combination of things we already know well, like (micro-) blogging and social networking and web aggregation/filtering. It's fascinating to watch society struggle with changes in the foundations of media, and what an uncertain and even precarious situation we have right now.