Lost Remote is a blog dedicated to covering the rapidly-expanding local space, from traditional media’s efforts to compete in a new digital world to the startups that are helping define it.

If you work for a traditional local media company, you might wonder why a story about Yelp or Foursquare is important to you. It’s because they’re pursuing the same goal: the rich pot of local advertising dollars. A few years ago, local ad revenue was the sole domain of traditional media, but now it’s up for grabs, and companies are spending millions to take advantage of it.

That’s why Lost Remote is taking a holistic approach to covering the local media space. We cover a little about traditional media, but most of our focus is on the emerging success stories, from journalism startups to hyperlocal, location-aware mobile to local search. If you have a story idea to share, please email us at tips@lostremote.com.

Lost Remote launched in 1999 as one of the first blogs about media. Our editor is Steve Safran, and the site was founded by Cory Bergman. You can reach any of Lost Remote’s bloggers by clicking their names to the right. And follow us on Twitter here.

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