Hyper-local news network TownSquareBuzz.com launches on whichbox® Platform

Hyper-local news network TownSquareBuzz.com launches on whichbox® Platform

February 1, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DALLAS, TEXAS – Dallas area based TownSquareBuzz.com, a hyper-local news network, announced the launch of its flagship location in McKinney (3rd fastest growing city in the United States), Texas.

TownSquareBuzz is built on the whichbox® Publishing Platform, where TownSquareBuzz's current and future city publications can be centrally managed, combining news, information and social networking. Formerly McKinneyNews.net, TownSquareBuzz owner and publisher Angie Bado commented, “I'm thrilled about the launch of TownSquareBuzz and how we're now able to empower our communities and neighborhoods to share their stories with their friends and the world -- not just with simple text stories, but stories that can burst to life with video, photos and galleries, how-to's, text narrative and so on, and tie them together in-context. Our readers are now publishers themselves! Moreover, the whichbox® Platform has liberated my team so we can focus completely on our publication, instead of the technology. For the first time in years I am actually enjoying creating our content!"

WhichBox Media CEO Bettina Bennett added, “Launching TownSquareBuzz on the whichbox® Platform is very gratifying for us. I'm excited to see TownSquareBuzz push the envelope of hyper-local publishing, and taking its place in the vanguard of the new media revolution."

Town Square Buzz features both professional and editorially selected stories created by ordinary users as well as fully integrated social networking and publishing, classifieds as well as services for advertisers and sponsors. “We believe that everyone has a story to tell and our new platform affords individuals within communities the opportunity to share their stories, creating a greater sense of community than ever before,” commented Bado. “Our new look has been very well received by our readers, and I am looking forward to expanding our success into hyper-local online news platforms across the country,” said Bado.