Fisher Communications announced Monday (Feb. 1) it has invested $1.5 million in DataSphere Technologies, a company that provides the online platform for Fisher’s network of hyperlocal Web sites in the markets where Fisher owns TV stations. The investment gives Fisher a minority equity stake in the company, which is based on Bellevue, Wash.
As part of the investment, Colleen Brown, president and Chief executive officer of Fisher joins DataSphere’s board of directors.
Since last fall, Fisher has rolled out more than 100 neighborhood sites in Seattle; Portland and Eugene, Ore.;
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