Category: newspapers

Google’s plan to improve local news will start in Youngstown, Ohio

[ad_1] The Compass Experiment, part of the Google News Initiative, aims to develop sustainable business models for local news organizations. It plans to launch digital platforms in three mid-sized communities, with the Youngstown site going live this fall. In addition to covering local news, Compass will test a variety of revenue models. The goal is […]

Facebook can’t find enough local news for its local news service

[ad_1] Around a third of US Facebook users live in areas where the social network hasn’t been able to dig up enough local news to launch Today In there. Breaking that down a little, about 35 percent of people in the midwest, northeast and south; 26 percent in the west; and 58 percent in New […]