10. The device of claim 9 , further comprising ranking logic, executed by the processor, for ranking the local news sources based on their proximity to the geographic location of the user.
9. A computing device, comprising: a processor; a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for executing by the processor, the program logic comprising: receiving logic, executed by the processor, for receiving a request for news items from a user; identifying logic, executed by the processor, for identifying a geographic location of the requesting user, the identifying of the geographic location comprising identifying the geographic location from a Designated Market Area (DMA); matching logic, executed by the processor, for matching the geographic location of the requesting user with geographic locations associated with news sources; identifying logic, executed by the processor, for identifying a geographic location of local news sources that is from the same DMA as the geographic location of the requesting user, the identifying comprising obtaining preferred news sources of other users that are located within a similar geographic location as the requested user and eliminating used sources that are popular across multiple other geographic areas; obtaining logic, executed by the processor, for obtaining relevant news items from the identified local news sources; and transmitting logic, executed by the processor, for transmitting the relevant news items for presentation to the requesting user.