Author: Barbara Iverson

• Demand Media to Supply Content to Hearst Publications

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• Fact-checking the death of the open web. (Scripting News)

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• If my students can’t write more interesting, localized stories than Demand’s computer generated content, they better switch majors. I’m betting that there is a market for the Demand style information, but that people will come to pay for higher quality information, either by means like Kachingle or Flattr, or other pay schemes.

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• Zoning in on Pilsen: As Development Moves in, Old-Timers Move Out

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• Save the Internet: Take Action!: Net Neutrality Whip List These Illinois representatives are in the pocket of the Communications Company corporate interests. They both are against Net neutrality. Spread the word, and lobby them to act for the people, not the big Telcos.

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• Like so many Chicago neighborhoods, Pilsen has been the subject of heated debate over the loaded word and process of gentrification. Community-based groups like the Pilsen Alliance have fought…

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• Gerard Staniszewski: Working for Portage Park

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• George Staniszewski doesn’t like rice in his burritos, a fact that comes back to haunt him from time to time. That’s because he is blamed for Chipotle not being allowed to set up shop in …

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