May 27, 2008 | readwritetalk.com | ADalton
ReadWriteTalk Interview with Chris Tolles, CEO of Topix
Topix is an interesting hyper-local media company. The company uses a blend of algorithms and human editors to aggregate and classify news stories into different topics, with the majority of stories being classified into topics about different geographies.
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Topix Named to Women's Health Magazine's 100 Best Websites
With thousands of local sections for 32,500 U.S. zip codes, this site includes stories, blogs, and links - corralled from more than 50,000 news sources.
Search engine Blekko gets more funding
Last year, Blekko raised $2 million from Baseline Ventures and two ex-Googlers. They joined in this round, along with Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, SoftTech VC and Western Technology Investment.
Mochila and Innovation: New Video Player and Comments on Reuters API
Mochila isn't announcing a new partner , but the new player has kicked in a lot more functionality.
Chris Tolles: Localizing Internet News
Chris Tolles is CEO of Topix, an online local news aggregator. Tolles talks about the shortcomings that most news sources carry and gives fresh perspective on his target user base.
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media outlets with the most engaged audiences will thrive... News.com on Topix
"Tolles operates on the sound assumption that the media outlets with the most engaged audiences will thrive. via The Future of Music, Media & Entertai...