WebTicker: NPR, Hulu, HometownTimes.com…

• NPR has transitioned the “My Cancer” blog to “Our Cancer” – an online forum designed to continue the conversation created by Leroy Sievers, a veteran broadcast journalist whose personal battle with cancer was documented on the site. Sievers died last August.

• Entertainment Studios has announced a partnership with Hulu. More than 20 full-length episodes of “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen” will be available on Hulu. As many as 400 episodes of ES titles will make their way to Hulu through this year and next.

• HometownTimes.com, a franchisor of online news and community publications, has been recognized by Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s Top 25 franchises. The company launched 513 local online newspapers across the U.S. in early January.

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