Topix (website)
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| Type | LLC |
|---|---|
| Founded | Palo Alto, California (2002) |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, USA |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | www.topix.com |
Topix is a news aggregator which categorizes news stories by topic and geography. It was created by the founders of the Open Directory Project. In March 2005, the Knight Ridder (later taken over by The McClatchy Company), Tribune Company and Gannett media companies purchased a 75% share of the company.[1] On April 1, 2007, it acquired the topix.com domain name and invited volunteers to edit the topics of their choice, on top of over 100 journalists and editors from various newspapers already signed up.[2]
Topix has gone on to create a community news editing platform, and popular forum system, allowing users to comment on news articles and the goings on of local communities.[3]
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[edit] Services
- Local news pages for US and international cities
- News pages categorized by subject
- News and blog search engine
- Forum system
- Community news editing platform.
- Blog page featuring popular blogs
- Local classified ads
- Local news feeds for web portals such as CNN's
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "New Partners, Same Topix.Net". Topix.net Blog. March 2005. http://blog.topix.net/archives/000071.html.
- ^ "Reinventing Topix: Topix.Com(munity)". Topix.net Blog. April 2007. http://blog.topix.net/archives/000133.html.
- ^ Lieberman, David (2007-04-01). "Topix.com homes in on citizen journalists". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2007-04-01-topix-site_N.htm.
