Why Chilean Hyperlocal Network Mi Voz Succeeds Where Patch Failed

By: Daniela Gerson | Street Fight

Over the past decade, the Chilean community news network Mi Voz has transformed the way news is produced, consumed, and sustained in the often neglected small cities and towns outside of the country’s capital, Santiago. In the process, it has also proven that a local news network can be profitable. The innovative business model depends upon a mixture of advertising to and selling digital media studies, trainings, and intelligence.