Web news startup to focus on local news, blogs

Via I Want Media: CBS Marketwatch reports that two Internet execs are fundraising for a new startup they hope to launch by the end of March in the Washington D.C. area. The proposed site, Backfence.com, would be a national network of local news sites and blogs that would reach out to individual communities to keep citizens informed of local happenings and news. The two execs, Mark Potts and Susan DeFife, are long-time online news professionals. Potts founded Washington Post.com and DeFife founded WomenConnect.com, an online portal for female businesswomen. The two hope that Backfence.com will be operational in ten town-sized cities in the next two to three years.