A look at Seattle’s news entrepreneurs

As SeattlePI.com approaches its one-year anniversary of online-only operation later this week (stay tuned for an update on how it’s doing), it has published an overview of Seattle’s thriving independent news scene. On the list, which includes my own company, Next Door Media, there’s the West Seattle Blog, Neighborlogs, Publicola, TechFlash, InvestigateWest and Crosscut. The story doesn’t mention the big newcomer to the hyperlocal scene, Seattle-based Datasphere, which powers neighborhood news networks for a quickly-growing list of local TV stations across the country.