Lokal, a location-based community information app in India, experimented with monetizing shoutouts and hyperlocal classified ads. It earned them $60,000 in March.
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Tameez, Hanaa'. "With matrimonial ads and shoutouts, Lokal is finding new revenue in staples of Indian media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 14 Apr. 2021. Web. 17 Jan. 2025.
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Tameez, H. (2021, Apr. 14). With matrimonial ads and shoutouts, Lokal is finding new revenue in staples of Indian media. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/with-matrimonial-ads-and-shoutouts-lokal-is-finding-new-revenue-in-staples-of-indian-media/
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Tameez, Hanaa'. "With matrimonial ads and shoutouts, Lokal is finding new revenue in staples of Indian media." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 14, 2021. Accessed January 17, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/with-matrimonial-ads-and-shoutouts-lokal-is-finding-new-revenue-in-staples-of-indian-media/.
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