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# Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation

> For example, new tools and software - such as adtech, apps or better website architecture - could help local media tap into new or younger audiences and revenue streams...

Wait, the government is spending £12m of taxpayer money to help news sites fund *adtech*?!

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/future-of-news-is-local-says-culture-secretary-as-she-launches-the-first-action-plan-to-back-local-news-in-a-generation

Future of news is local, says Culture Secretary, as she launches the first action plan to back local news in a generation

First local media strategy in a generation guarantees up to £12m funding for local media’s digital innovation, for community radio and to fill ‘news deserts’

GOV.UK

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Neil Brown 4d ago

I'd happily pay ~£10/month for a local news website, which:

- has informative, not clickbait, headlines
- was ad-free (a classifieds section is fine)
- does not require an app, and works well in all browsers including text mode browsers
- has full text RSS

Our local news site is none of these.

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Jeff McNeill

@neil @artfulrobot The Guardian is great, though not local