I've told you before, Topix is not your friend . They've been taking your headlines and links, even your photos, and using them to build a community of people interested in those local topics, ...
https://howardowens.com/topix-getting-more-aggressive-going-after-local-information-franchise/
Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix, sent me a note and said: > I got sick of reading all the hand wringing by various newspapers > around anonymous comments and had our development ...
https://howardowens.com/chris-tolles-brings-some-stats-anonymous-vs-registration-debate/
It looks like I'm not the only one concerned about newspapers outsourcing core-responsibility community building to Topix . Rich Gordon shares his concern: > Still, I would argue that fo...
https://howardowens.com/outsourcing-community-topix-not-good-idea/
Local news is a vertical. To succeed going forward, local newspapers need to treat local news as a vertical product. Newspapers, traditionally, are horizontal, serving many interests and needs wi...
https://howardowens.com/newspapers-should-not-outsource-its-community-relationships/