Founded in 2002, KnowingNewport provides news, reader commentary on civic issues impacting the City of Newport,RI. It sses Yahoo! Groups as its technology platform and has about 300 subscribers with 4,800 postings to date.
Site Url: http://www.knowingnewport.com
Target community: Newport, RI
Is the site active? No
Professional journalists? No
Paid staff? No
Is the site part of a network? No
Is the site a media affiliate? No
Content created by: Community
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Year founded: 2002
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Does your site aggregate content from other online sites? Yes
Does your site provide training? No
Business model: Informal
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Contact Information
Location: Newport, RI, United States of America
Contact URL: KnowingNewport-owner@yahoogroups.com
1 means "not very important" and 6 means "very important"
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