(via Media Drop) As pointed in a previous story on OJR, the alt-weeklies are beginning to wake up from their Net slumber: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies launched a portal showcasing content from all the 122 member papers…the site launched in June.
The effort sounds a bit like the ambitious but doomed Newcity venture out of Chicago (one of the pop-culture sites I founded back when I was in school was a member of this Newcity Network of sites). Newcity, like Altweeklies, showcased stories from its member sites (though it was not an association, just a business venture by Newcity Chicago).
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