The essence of sites doing well with online news comes from embracing two concepts: participation, and community relevance.
The Truth: "In short, what people think they want is news, but what they really crave is olds."
(We managed to quote a serial killer and a dictator - both fictional of course - in relating the views of the typical Internet user to the news they seek. Let's see the New York Times match that.)
Anderson made a good point about community in that thinking of it as hyper-local only works to a certain degree. It's not just geography, but a locale of interests.
Locality in functions and in stories are ideas we're trying to meld at Murdok. If you're a repeat visitor, it's likely you have a persistent interest in search-related topics. That's the locality of stories in play.
Functionally, you have seen a number of changes on Murdok. The look and feel has changed a little, the addition of features has been greater. We've made video part of the weekday experience, and as conference season gets under way there will be coverage of events like
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