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On The Menu: Can Politico's New Local Model Kill WaPo?

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By Amanda Ernst

Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy‘s Matt Van Hoven discussed the day’s biggest media headlines, including news that Politico is launching a local news Web site to compete with The Washington Post. Can this new venture bring down the venerable D.C.-based paper, even as it struggles to cover local news?

Jason and Matt agreed that new business models are desperately needed, and Politico, a successful political Web site, may be on to something by focusing on a new niche.

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