The Hyperlocal Web

Martin Stabe reports that Trinity Mirror is using of Moveable Type for its new Buckinghamshire Advertiser site.
As I noted here previously TM is using Typepad for its postcode-based sites in the north of England.
I’m still not convinced that a blogging platform is the right choice for a local paper’s entire web operation.
Update: Jeff Jarvis [...]

Hounam Set To Launch Ultralocal News Magazines Across Scotland (from Sunday Herald)
“A former Sunday Times journalist is set to launch a franchise micropublishing business that aims to be an antidote to the newspaper industry’s plunging circulation and advertising figures.”
(tags: hyperlocal,ultralocal)