‘Hyperlocal’ Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers
If your local newspaper shuts down, what will take the place of its coverage? Perhaps a package of information about your neighborhood, or even your block, assembled by a computer.
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Could start-up Web sites be an adequate replacement for local newspaper coverage?
A number of Web start-up companies are creating so-called hyperlocal news sites that let people zoom in on what is happening closest to them, often without involving traditional journalists.
