Comments on: Lin TV snaps up domains, launches politics sites

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:49:17 +0000

i’m more impressed with the idea of a FRANCHISED vertical than the underlying subject of politics (yawn).

if you’re a mcdonald’s lover you feel comfortable walking into one anywhere. it’s familiar. it’s intuitive.

if lin can combine station groups who have a presence in cities c-to-c, this might work.

as mentioned elsewhere, give them credit for thinking beyond the few markets they work.

qtr. w/ cheese anyone?

By: Rocker

Rocker — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:57:38 +0000

No, just that someone launching political sites in January’08 presumably has some thought about the current election cycle, which it appears may turn out to be of unprecedented interest (at least in terms of the last 30 years or so).

But if this is about off-election years and the 2012 cycle, they’re right on sched, as you suggest tdc .

By: tdc

tdc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:05:16 +0000

i take it you’re betting this will be the last election in the usa.

By: Rocker

Rocker — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:05:16 +0000

They’re a little late to be launching these things now…

By: tdc

tdc — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:45:19 +0000

at least in the early stages of “inking deals” this might be a good opportunity to employ the “free” use of the domain and template as a business strategy.

the business model can …and will follow.

and @ anonymous: i know “steve” and he said you can have the hat tip since you tried to alert cory earlier.

keep those story ideas coming… everybody!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:25:28 +0000

I tried to tip you earlier about another venture: the New York Observer is creating political sites for various states: Oregon, Maine, Maryland, etc. They’re all PolitickerXX.com, where XX is the state’s postal initials.