tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21939346.post113917177852677936..comments2023-08-19T00:27:08.863-07:00Comments on The Medium Run: Walling off the local news garden: A-OKMichael Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12164724621772928851noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21939346.post-31515400559724757862006-09-26T20:26:00.000-07:002006-09-26T20:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comments, Chris and Ben. For better...Thanks for the comments, Chris and Ben. For better or worse, I've responded <a href="http://mediumrun.blogspot.com/2006/02/its-not-too-late-to-prevent-wal.html">here</a>.Michael Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164724621772928851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21939346.post-1144879343587067022006-04-12T15:02:00.000-07:002006-04-12T15:02:00.000-07:00I always love to see Mr. Tolles say something he b...I always love to see Mr. Tolles say something he believes in. There is a huge amount of new local content being created by places like Topix.net or for that matter Tribe.net and insiderpages.com. This is where consumers are going to find Local information. As we try to bring the advertising value of the Local Internet to small merchant on www.merchantcircle.com, we are finding that the local newspapers don't have the audience that we can get to with all of the new local vehicles that are being created.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21939346.post-1140834156678394102006-02-24T18:22:00.000-08:002006-02-24T18:22:00.000-08:00"Presumptuous"Maybe.One word --WAL*MART. The idea..."Presumptuous"<BR/><BR/>Maybe.<BR/><BR/>One word --WAL*MART. The idea that a set of local monopolies are going to be maintained in the long run, with the audience increasing its rate of online adoption (where there is little or no brand for a loot of local papers) is a bit of a stretch.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of the doom and gloom is misplaced, mind you -- but the point of my post is that there's a new race to own the streetcorners online -- and those streetcorners are the pages of google news and Topix.net. <BR/><BR/>How often does the average 25 year old start looking for a restaurant review on the home page of the local paper, vs. Google? A good working relationship with the online folks is going to be a major asset for the newspaper going forward.<BR/><BR/>(Which is why we have the investors we do at Topix.net :-)<BR/><BR/>Chris Tolles<BR/>Topix.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com