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The missing link: Blind spots in Europe’s local and regional news provision
Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7847-9996
Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1255-373X
Dutch Journalism Fund, Netherlands.
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2019 (English)In: Digital Media Inequalities: Policies Against Divides, Distrust and Discrimination / [ed] Trappel, Josef, Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2019, p. 141-157Chapter in book (Other academic)
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This chapter examines the recent and ongoing developments in the field of regional and local news provision in Europe, investigating the circumstances under which the latter contributes to creating and/or reducing inequalities. We ask ourselves: Does online offer a true alternative to offline when it comes to local and regional news? What about the “hyperlocals”? Do these new online initiatives, driven by entrepreneurs who are not necessarily journalists, offer an answer to legacy media’s retreat from the centre of local communities? This chapter concentrates on editorial choices, business models and innovation (im)possibilities revolving around regional and local journalism. In particular, our lens focuses on the Dutch experience with local and regional news provision as our case in point. The Dutch experience and other examples in Europe show us that, so far, new media initiatives have not filled the gaps left behind by traditional media, thereby increasing local and regional news inequality. Consequently, there is a danger that technology organizations (often not European) will colonize the local territory.

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Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2019. p. 141-157
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URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-11843Libris ID: x7w3w11rv9kws02wISBN: 978-91-88855-10-7 ISBN: 978-91-88855-11-4 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-11843DiVA, id: diva2:1535721
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