Lisa Williams has the scoop: GateHouse newspapers (the old CNC papers) are beginning to put "creative commons" copyright notices on their content - and to open up their sites to reader content:

... Sharing content, letting non-professionals submit content, and connecting with a global network of open-source tinkerers reveal a picture of a firm that's open to the wide world of the web. ...

Revamped Roslindale and West Roxbury Transcript - Although the top and left still look like the old design, you will notice some changes, including Wicked Local Search.

Adam Reilly gets the scoop: GateHouse Media, which now owns all those suburban papers around here, is dropping the Herald's online classified system in favor of its own branded Wicked Local classifieds (with hints the editorial will shift to Wicked Local as well):

... It's not clear how much money Purcell's going to lose as a result, but it should be a tidy sum. ...

He quotes a memo from GateHouse local uber-guy Kirk Davis that ends:

... Thanks to all of you, today and every day, GateHouse is the wicked local media choice in eastern Massachusetts!

Compare the existing, somewhat staid Town Online with Wicked Local Plymouth.

It's too bad GateHouse doesn't own a paper in Revere, because it would no doubt be one wicked pissa Reveah papah.

My wicked good disclosure.

David Scott notices that one of the first effects of Gatehouse Media's takeover of the old CNC papers (and the Quincy Patriot-Ledger and Brockton Enterprise) is consolidation of sports coverage - basically, get rid of all those redundant reporters and columnists cluttering up all those different papers. Could news coverage be next?

You know the drill.