PostSomerville.com -- who is this?

[ron_newman]

Looks like we have another hyperlocal news site to compete with Wicked Local (Somerville Journal) and the Somerville News and Boston.com. It's called PostSomerville.com.

But I can't find any information whatsoever about who has put this site together, or whether it is part of a larger chain. Anyone know anything about it at all?

(Rumor has it that AOL Patch.com is also coming to Somerville soon, but it isn't here yet.)

Comments

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

I found three (and only three) bylines:

Tom Nash, who appears to have previously written for the Somerville Journal

Mara Eyllon, a food blogger who wrote about her involvement here:
http://tutifoodie.blogspot.com/2010/08/look-mom-no-oven-summer-berry-skillet.html

and Jess Bean, about whom I couldn't find much out via the googles.

Looks interesting, but a little more transparency about who they are and what their mission is would be great too.

[ron_newman]

I've seen Tom Nash's byilne in the Somerville News but didn't know he had also written for the Journal. Did he freelance for both at the same time?

[misterthorn.livejournal.com]

My bad - thanks for the catch. Looks like he just wrote for the News.

[lerta.livejournal.com]

http://whois.domaintools.com/postsomerville.com

Registrant:
Anna Yukhananov
17 Warner Street
Somerville, Massachusetts 02144
United States

Domain Name: POSTSOMERVILLE.COM
Created on: 14-Apr-10
Expires on: 14-Apr-11
Last Updated on: 14-Apr-10

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Also a Somerville News byline.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Considering the shift into "hyper-local" sites is the hot new thing, not really a surprise. A lot of people think this is the future of the small-town newspaper.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Patch should be going live later in the fall. I've met the editor; she's got serious chops.

[tomnash.livejournal.com]

http://postsomerville.com/about/

Twitter: @postsomerville

Thanks for the interest, Ron. No mystery intended, we were just putting the finishing touches on the "About" section.

[ron_newman]

Thanks, Tom. Would you consider your site a break-off from the Somerville News, or something totally independent and separate?

[tomnash.livejournal.com]

It is totally independent and separate.