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Local Onliner

Jan 11
2010

EveryBlock Goes Social With ‘Notify Your Neighbors’

MSNBC.com’s EveryBlock is moving beyond its roots as a hard core aggregator of hyperlocal data with its first social feature: “Notify Your Neighbors.” The feature, which has been tested for over a month, is similar to other sites, such as rottenneighbor.com, a real estate tool discontinued in July 2009 that let people complain about barking …continue reading »

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Aug 25
2009

MSNBC.com on Local: ‘The Game Has Changed A Lot’

MSNBC.com’s purchase of EveryBlock, the hyperlocal data gatherer, is seen internally as an important piece of the puzzle in building out local content and services. It is likely to herald in a revived focus on local by MSNBC.com, which remains a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC and is headquartered in Seattle (The cable network …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile

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Jan 19
2009

Holovaty’s ‘EveryBlock’ Prepares For-Profit Strategy

EveryBlock, the six-person Adrian Holovaty “micro-local” project funded to the tune of $1.1 million by the Knight News Challenge, is preparing to go “for profit” when the two-year Knight grant ends in June. The Chicago-based site, always registered as a “for profit,” now serves news feeds on a block-by-block basis in 11 cities: Boston, Charlotte, …continue reading »

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    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

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