If there was a reoccurring conversation topic at CUNY’s New Business Models for Local News event it was: we are not alone.

Andrew Davis, co-founder and chief strategy officer for content producer Tippingpoint Labs, told media execs during an American Business Media webinar  this week to remove search as their number one liability. Rather, drilling into niche audiences and offering them high-quality, reliable content is the way to attract qualified users, he said.

Digital Nation is an open source PBS project that explores life in the digital world. The project consists of a documentary (in production and due to be broadcast this winter) and a microsite, where unedited footage is posted along with user-submitted videos, photos and comments.