Month: February 2008

  • Local news is national story

    Some thoughts on Google News new localization feature, or local headlines by city, state or zip. These local news headline area been getting lots of national attention. Your portal website doesn’t matter anymore, because people are hanging out where they want to hang out and expecting us to bring our products and services to them.…

  • Observations on the Watching Web

    The coming “watching web.” Writing about a new TV Web site called livenewscameras.com, former Nashville TV station general manager Mike Sechrist says: You want news from your “hometown” from anywhere in the world?  Not a problem, it will be available on the web when you want it. The storms that hit Tennessee and other states…

  • NYT discovers Knox County politics

    The New York Times has discovered Knox County politics. Gotta say they Dan Barry nailed it. Some of the vivid observations: It seems a catfish could have been appointed if properly connected. Wasn’t there at least one? The county’s public officials helped to propel the reform movement just by being themselves. Most of them have…