Comments on: The NY Times Goes Hyperlocal With ‘The Local’ http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2009/03/02/the-ny-times-goes-hyperlocal-with-the-local/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Peter Krasilovsky http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2009/03/02/the-ny-times-goes-hyperlocal-with-the-local/comment-page-1/#comment-339339 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:48:37 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2009/03/02/the-ny-times-goes-hyperlocal-with-the-local/#comment-339339 Techcrunch got more today (Friday) on The Local. Jim Schachter, who runs digital initiatives at The Times, told them:

“We expect to sell ads to local merchants using our telesales and self-serve ad solution. Our two pilot sites are staffed with full-time NYTimes reporters. That’s not cheap. Obviously, it’s also not a sustainable model. We’re trying to figure out what would be.”

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