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Metroblogging
Metroblogging was an online local media project founded by Jason Defillippo and Sean Bonner, subsequently owned by Sean Bonner, Jason DeFillippo and Richard Ault, collectively Bode Media, Inc. Started in Los Angeles in November 2003, the project included 57 city-specific blogs around the world, with close to 700 contributors. Notable contributors have included Xeni Jardin and Wil Wheaton ( Los Angeles), Violet Blue ( San Francisco), Johannes Grenzfurthner ( Vienna), Aaron Proctor ( Philadelphia) and Joi Ito ( Tokyo).