2013-09-10
Is Aggrego a savior to the Pioneer Press papers—or a threat?
by Michael Miner
Wrapports LLC, the parent company of the Sun-Times and the Pioneer Press suburban weeklies (and the Reader), is surely proud of Aggrego, the hyperlocal-news-gathering operation that is "building the future of community media" by tapping into a huge market: 18,000 communities that represent 13,000 local media outlets and $135 billion local ad dollars. These are the impressive figures flaunted on the Aggrego website.…
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