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1. Guide to Online News Startups

   Patch (New York)

   February 24, 2012 12:28 PM

   After the first three Patch sites launched in suburban New Jersey in 2009, an expansion into New York's Westchester County and Long Island communities wasn't... Continue reading

2. Guide to Online News Startups

   The Bay Citizen

   October 27, 2011 02:56 PM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — In early 2009, San Francisco philanthropist Warren Hellman grew concerned about the cutbacks in local newsrooms and what he saw as... Continue reading

3. Guide to Online News Startups

   Village Soup (Defunct)

   October 26, 2011 05:27 PM

   ROCKLAND, MAINE — [UPDATE: On Friday March 9, 2012 Village Soup president Richard M. Anderson announced the closure of all Village Soup publications.... Continue reading

4. Guide to Online News Startups

   MediaStorm

   October 6, 2011 05:15 PM

   BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Above the cobblestone streets of Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood, the producers, engineers, and cinematographers of MediaStorm are producing some of... Continue reading

5. Guide to Online News Startups

   New America Media

   September 26, 2011 11:27 AM

   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — In 1969, historian Franz Schurmann and journalist Orville Schell founded Pacific News Service to provide an alternative news source about U.S.... Continue reading

6. Guide to Online News Startups

   The Los Angeles Review of Books

   June 30, 2011 11:50 AM

   LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Tom Lutz, nonfiction author and creative writing professor, offers a startling statistic about the book business on his new website: "twenty times... Continue reading

7. Guide to Online News Startups

   Obit Magazine

   May 23, 2011 02:55 PM

   PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY — Obit, an online magazine launched in 2007 to examine life, death, and the transitions in between, isn't as dark as... Continue reading

8. Guide to Online News Startups

   Talking Points Memo

   January 5, 2011 08:10 PM

   NEW YORK, NEW YORK — What began as Josh Marshall's personal blog during the Florida vote recount of November 2000 has since expanded into a profitable... Continue reading

9. Guide to Online News Startups

   NJ Spotlight

   December 29, 2010 03:17 PM

   TRENTON, NEW JERSEY — NJSpotlight.com, which CJR profiled in September 2010, is a policy-focused news site based in the Trenton, N.J. state house. Launched in... Continue reading

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