Dragonballyee talks about alt-weekly blogging. I've always been puzzled by the fact that alt-weeklies have largely missed the blogging boat. They seem to have all of the infrastructure in place to do the kind of local culture/arts/music/hipsters/politics/gossip/happenings blogging which is essentially what they do anyway. Doing that kind of local blogging well would be a smart move. Blogs with a primarily national focus and audience can't really expect to attract local advertisers, but a decently trafficked site with a local focus could.
I've never really read the Gothamist or its progeny but it's the kind of thing which could have had a happy home in house at an alt-weekly. For some reason they've been rather late to the table.
Along those lines, say hello to one of Gothamist's newest children, Phillyist.
