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Local Onliner

Apr 26
2010

Outside.in Begins Integration with CNN

Outside.in, a major aggregator of local blogs, has begun the integration with CNN that was announced last December at our Interactive Local Media Conference in LA. First up is integration with CNN’s home page, weather page and profile page. On the homepage, users can click on Local Weather & News in the right sidebar, enter …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Mobile, Newspapers, Social Media

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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 »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search

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Dec 8
2009

Outside.in Scores $7 Million; Alliance Formed with CNN

Outside.in, the blogger and hyperlocal news site aggregator, has scored $7 million in a new round of financing that includes CNN – a relationship that will include a content tie and that echoes MSNBC.com’s outright acquisition last summer of Everyblock. The company has now raised in excess of $12 million, according to calculations by Paid …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal

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Aug 17
2009

MSNBC.com Buys EveryBlock

MSNBC.com, the Seattle-based entity co-owned by Microsoft and NBC, has acquired Everyblock, Adrian Holovaty’s hyperlocal site. The price was apparently for “several million dollars,” per reports. The six person site, an outgrowth of Holovaty’s Chicagocrime.org site, is a leading edge example of “mapping journalism.” It maps street-by-street and neighborhood data and content for wide-ranging categories, …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Newspapers

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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 »

Categories: HyperLocal, Newspapers, Technology

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