Local newspaper chain begins to do something about its godawful Web sites
By adamg - Tue, 09/01/2009 - 8:25am.
The Independent Newspaper Group, which owns weekly newspapers from East Boston north to Lynn, is converting its old Web sites, which featured, well, not very much, to WordPress - which means RSS feeds, search boxes and even comments on articles. Compare the new Revere Journal site to the still old East Boston Times site. The Revere Journal even has a Twitter feed.
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even more newspapers
They also own the Beacon Hill Times, Back Bay Sun, North End Regional Review, Charlestown Patriot-Bridge, and perhaps others I've missed.
Is the Eastie paper called the Times or the Sun-Transcript? The URL says one thing, the page says another.
I think it's a good move, but I should point out...
I re-invented LynnHappens and converted it to the same wordpress theme in mid-July. I wonder where they got the idea from? (I've customized the theme a little more, though).
LynnHappens, however, isn't quite the same as a newspaper, nor quite the same as a blog. I don't consider the Lynn Journal in direct competition with my goals, but there will be some overlap of functions and purpose here and there.
I suppose imitation is flattery!