In Chicago, Ex-Editor Fights Back.

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A few years after they began appearing around the country, Internet-based local news organizations have grown in number, size, financing and credibility.

Now, some of those organizations are drawing big-name journalists, including veterans of the established news outlets they are competing with — sometimes even hiring people directly from those organizations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/business/media/23local.html?pagewanted=1&th&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1258970529-uGC2Mtu41lAOVUqz1SyLQA