From NetNewsCheck
Less than two months after starting its membership drive, Local Independent Online News Publishers, the new trade organization for hyperlocal news sites, has recruited 75 inaugural members, the association announced Thursday.
“We’re very proud to have a broad membership that represents the depth of success of local online news sites,” Dylan Smith, chairman of LION’s board of directors and editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com, said in a statement. “We easily surpassed our goal of 50 members by year’s end.”
Most of the new members have paid dues for three years in advance, Smith said.
