An inquiry into the local newspaper industry and local journalism in Scotland has been established by the Scottish Parliament, with a call for evidence launched last week.
CNN has decided to go local. The news channel will invest in hyperlocal news aggregator Outside.in as part of the site's $7million series B funding round. CNN will begin displaying feeds from Outside.in on its newly revamped site early next year. 
Outside.in, the blogger and hyperlocal news site aggregator, has scored $7 million in a new round of financing that includes CNN – a relationship that will include a content tie and that echoes MSNBC.com’s outright acquisition last summer of Everyblock. The company [...]
The Huffington Post Los Angeles local news site has gone live, a year after HuffPo's Chicago local site and its NYC site that was launched this summer. Non-profit status is often cited as an exciting new option for struggling local news outlets. ProPublica, MinnPost, and the Voice of San Diego are inspiring examples of non-profit startups, while the Christian Science Monitor, NPR and other organizations are all long-standing examples. It's' [...]
One of the UK's biggest newspaper firms is to charge for access to online content from six of its titles.
via news.bbc.co.uk
They are all lining up, all the media barons. 'Whoops! Lost our stranglehold! But no worries, we'll just start charging.'
They should [...]
The New York Times is launching its new Chicago edition today, reports Editor & Publisher. The new edition, which will be included each week in the Friday and Sunday New York Times, will be composed of two additional pages of local news, policy, sports, [...] 
Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, announced in a blog post that he plans on starting a local news service for Hawaii.Here are a few things I’d like to see local news sites publish. I’d like to see them not just because they’re interesting, and not just because no news sites are publishing them now, but because publishing this information would:
Provide context about the exact place that I live. Context makes [...]
Yahoo News is bolstering its local efforts and building “a staff of editors around the US who will improve the local news experience on the frontpage,” according to a Tweet from Anthony Moor, who was recruited from Dallasnews.com, per Lost Remote. The [...]
