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Citizen Journalism Site Backfence to Shut Down

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 13, 2007 - 1:02pm.

New York - After closing its 13 "hyperlocal" citizen journalism news sites in D.C., Chicago and the Bay Area late last month, Backfence has announced that it will shut down, citing "business issues," the Associated Press reported.

tags: News | Publishing | Backfence | Citizen Journalism | Closures | User-Generated |

BackFence CEO Resigns Amidst Downsizing

Authored by Peter Krasilovsky on January 5, 2007 - 12:15pm.
Vienna, VA - BackFence CEO and co-founder Susan DeFife has resigned from the company, amidst a major downsizing that saw 12 of 18 employees let go. Co-founder Mark Potts will serve as interim CEO as the company looks to solve what he calls “BackFence 2.0.”
tags: Internet | Advertising | Online Publishing | Career | Layoffs | Resignations | Local | Backfence |

Backfence Launching Local News Sites for Chicago Suburbs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2006 - 2:17pm.
Vienna, Va. - Backfence, a company building a network of community websites on which readers contribute the content, said that it has launched a new site in Evanston, Ill. -- the company's first site outside of D.C. and San Francisco. Backfence, which raised $3 million in funding last October, also said that it plans to add sites in Chicago suburbs before the end of the year. The company's sites provide localized news coverage of communities, as well as event listings, reviews and ratings of local businesses and free classifieds.
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | News | Journalism | Backfence | Citizen Journalism | UGC |

Career Moves: August 7, 2006

Authored by dmw on August 7, 2006 - 11:07am.
Interact-TV Names George Merrick as CEO

Darian Patchin has joined Backfence, a nationwide network of community newssites, as its Vice President of Marketing. Patchin was previously the Vice President of Advertising for the social-networking pioneer Tribe.net.
tags: Career | Moves | Sirius | Playboy | Backfence | Tribune | Telcogames | GarageGames | Aspyr Media |

Backfence Launches Community News Site in Bay Area

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 1:28pm.
Vienna, Va. - Two months after acquiring San Francisco's Bayosphere, Backfence, a Virginia-based company building a network of community websites on which readers contribute the content, said on Thursday that it has formally launched its first site in the San Francisco Bay Area.
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | News | Backfence | Online Communities | Bayosphere | Citizen Journalism |