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In the "Town Square," a new section of the Palo Alto Weekly's Web site, visitors "may publish their own news stories, share opinions and engage in dialogue on local issues," according to Publisher Bill Johnson's announcement. Palo Alto Weekly gets 300,000 unique visitors monthly; Town Square participants are not required to register, but they must identify their neighborhood of residence when posting. "In essence, Town Square turns everyone into potential publishers and makes it possible to communicate directly with other community members without depending on the newspaper," Johnson said.

06-07-2006 10:12 am | Industry News

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Bay Guardian Web Site Goes Down - Republican Conspiracy or Devil's Work?

In addition to having the much-discussed date of 6/6/06, yesterday was election day in California, but the San Francisco Bay Guardian's endorsements and coverage weren't available online for part of the day. Visitors to sfbg.com instead received an error message. On Daily Kos, blogger WonkyDonkey suggested that Republicans might have been behind the crash: "Am I just being too paranoid? Or is such paranoia well-justified given the measures we have seen Republicans will go to in order to win elections and subvert democracy?" The staff at the Bay Guardian quickly managed to get an election-day blog up on the site, but according to a post by Executive Editor Tim Redmond, the cause of the service failure was still unclear. "Maybe someone local who didn't want our endorsements available" was behind it, he wrote, or "maybe it's just one of those things; maybe it's ... SATAN!"

06-07-2006 8:25 am | Industry News

Tags: Electronic Publishing, San Francisco Bay Guardian

Palo Alto Weekly Launches Town Square To Promote 'Citizen Journalism'

New online community forum will provide news, feedback, opportunities for civil dialogue and information on issues (FULL STORY)

06-07-2006 9:30 am | Press Releases

Tags: Electronic Publishing, Palo Alto Weekly

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