One of the earliest "examples of a station partnering with its local blogosphere, has closed down" according to Lost Remote. Nashville is Talking was started in 2005, when WKRN’s hired a local blogger to staff the original site. But it didn’t "meet the economic needs of its owners," Young Broadcasting.
"It’s ironic" since "in today’s fire hose of content known as the Web" local media companies are "discussing ways to make money locally via the Web, and friendship with local bloggers seems to be high on everybody’s agenda."
Read more at Lost Remote.
