New Canaanite is a local news webiste that covers and provides in-depth reporting in a town of 20,000 in Connecticut. The site was founded in 2014 by Michael Dinan, who previously oversaw coverage for 48 news sites in Fairfield County, Conn. and Westchester County, N.Y. as a senior regional editor for Patch.com. Revenue: Advertising.
Owner
Owner and Editor
New Canaan
Connecticut
06840
2014
20,000
Local history, traffic, pets/wildlife and parking.
@NewCanaanite
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