http://mathewingram.com/media/2006/12/15/mcclatchy-chain-buys-social-media-sites/ ...watching the intersection of the Web and media Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://mathewingram.com/media/2006/12/15/mcclatchy-chain-buys-social-media-sites/#comment-188 mathewingram.com/media » A back fence around a ghost town Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:43:31 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2006/12/15/mcclatchy-chain-buys-social-media-sites/#comment-188 [...] McClatchy chain buys social media sites [...] […] McClatchy chain buys social media sites […]

]]> http://mathewingram.com/media/2006/12/15/mcclatchy-chain-buys-social-media-sites/#comment-187 A back fence around a ghost town » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:37:46 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2006/12/15/mcclatchy-chain-buys-social-media-sites/#comment-187 [...] How all that happens exactly, I don’t know, but it is possible to do local journalism — SunValleyOnline.com seems to be doing well, and so does Baristanet. And the Fresno Bee, owned by McClatchy, just finished acquiring a couple of local sites that seemed quite successful: ModestoFamous and FresnoFamous. Did the founders sell because it wasn’t a viable business, or did McClatchy want them because they had something the chain needed? Perhaps a combination of both. [...] […] How all that happens exactly, I don’t know, but it is possible to do local journalism — SunValleyOnline.com seems to be doing well, and so does Baristanet. And the Fresno Bee, owned by McClatchy, just finished acquiring a couple of local sites that seemed quite successful: ModestoFamous and FresnoFamous. Did the founders sell because it wasn’t a viable business, or did McClatchy want them because they had something the chain needed? Perhaps a combination of both. […]

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