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{{Infobox Company |
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|company_name = Topix |
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|company_type = [[Limited liability company|LLC]] |
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|foundation = [[Palo Alto, California]] (2002) |
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|company_logo = |
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|location = [[Palo Alto, California]], [[USA]] |
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|industry = [[Internet]] |
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|homepage = [http://www.topix.com/ www.topix.com] |
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}} |
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'''Topix''' is a [[news aggregator]] which categorizes news stories by topic and geography. It was created by the founders of the [[Open Directory Project]]. In March 2005, the [[Knight Ridder]] (later taken over by [[The McClatchy Company]]), [[Tribune Company]] and [[Gannett]] media companies purchased a 75% share of the company.<ref>{{cite web | title = New Partners, Same Topix.Net | date = March 2005 | publisher = Topix.net Blog | url = http://blog.topix.net/archives/000071.html}}</ref> On April 1, 2007, it acquired the topix.com domain name and invited volunteers to edit the topics of their choice, on top of over 100 journalists and editors from various newspapers already signed up.<ref>{{cite web | title = Reinventing Topix: Topix.Com(munity) | date = April 2007 | publisher = Topix.net Blog | url = http://blog.topix.net/archives/000133.html}}</ref> |
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Topix has gone on to create a community news editing platform, and popular forum system, allowing users to comment on news articles and the goings on of local communities.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lieberman, David|publisher=USA Today|url=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2007-04-01-topix-site_N.htm|title=Topix.com homes in on citizen journalists|date=2007-04-01}}</ref> |
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==Services== |
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*Local news pages for US and international cities |
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*News pages categorized by subject |
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*News and blog search engine |
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*Forum system |
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*Community news editing platform. |
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*Blog page featuring popular blogs |
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*Local classified ads |
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*Local news feeds for web portals such as [[CNN|CNN's]] |
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*Popular "judging" of user posts with the following labels: |
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**Brilliant |
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**Clueless |
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**Interesting |
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**Funny |
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**Helpful |
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**Mean |
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**Nuts |
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**Offtopic |
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**Racy |
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**Spam |
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**Agree |
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**Disagree |
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**Touching |
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**Incendiary |
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==Controversy== |
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Kentucky Attorney General [[Jack Conway]] and Connecticut Attorney General [[Richard Blumenthal]] recently questioned the website's practice of charging $19.99 for expedited "review" of slanderous comments in local forums. According to a press release from Conway’s office, the tools provided by Topix.com to remove the abusive posts are ineffective unless consumers agree to pay the fee. Topix CEO Chris Tolles accused the pair of grandstanding and intimidation, insisting the site operates with appropriate and timely oversight.<ref>{{cite web|author=Truman,Cheryl|publisher = Kentucky.com |title = Conway criticizes Topix.com, whose CEO fires back|url = http://www.kentucky.com/2010/02/12/1135370/conway-criticizes-topixcom-whose.html||date=2010-02-12}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[CareerBuilder]] |
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* [[ShopLocal]] |
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* [[Classified Ventures]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.topix.com/ Topix] |
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* [http://blog.topix.net/ Topix Weblog] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Internet forums]] |
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[[Category:News websites]] |
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Revision as of 19:55, 16 May 2010
Topix Sucks. Its true.