Daily Voice (American hyperlocal news)
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Daily Voice, formerly Main Street Connect, is an American community journalism company that says it "bridge[s] the 'news desert' between national and hyper-local, covering town, city, county, and state". It is based in Norwalk, Connecticut, and it operates town-based news websites in various places in New Jersey, New York, and in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Founding and initial history
The company was founded in 2010 by Carll Tucker, a veteran of the community news business with Trader Publications (sold to Gannett Company in 1999), who described his new approach as a hybrid of The New York Times and Facebook. The company raised almost $4 million in its first round of private equity funding, an amount which made news in the journalism industry. The company's editorial director was financial commentator and author Jane Bryant Quinn, who is also a member of its board of directors. Others associated with the company included Peter Georgescu, Chairman Emeritus of the marketing and communications company Young & Rubicam, and John Falcone, former executive with mobile advertising company SmartReply.
Main Street Connect first appeared as town-centric news sites in Fairfield County, Connecticut, named "The Daily [Town]", such as the first one, The Daily Norwalk for Norwalk, Connecticut. Ten such sites were in operation by the end of 2010, and Main Street Connect had 44 full-time employees as of mid-2010.
The franchising structure of Main Street Connect was explicitly likened to that of the McDonald's fast food chain. It was intended to work via a local group hiring journalists to cover a community, with the national entity supplying a framework for website technical hosting and support, working capital, and guidance related to fundamental business strategies.
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