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May 4
2010

NY-Area’s ‘Main Street Connect’ Takes Aim at Hyperlocal (Too)

When it comes to hyperlocal, the problem may just be that the local reporting doesn’t reasonate with the community as much as the old community papers did. That’s the feeling behind Main Street Connect, a new company launched by a team that includes community newspaper publishing vet Carll Tucker; his wife, financial columnist Jane Bryant …continue reading »

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Mar 8
2010

Vermont’s Front Porch Forum: Half of 15,000 Members Post

Vermont’s Front Porch Forum is a hyperlocal network that has thrived, usage-wise, without relying on much of anything other than its authentic community voice. As recounted in an article in this month’s Yankee Magazine by enviro-writer Bill McKibben, the hyperlocal network has expanded to 100 neighborhood nets, reaching 15,000 households. Each neighborhood is limited to …continue reading »

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Feb 17
2010

AOL’s Patch.com Set for ‘Hundreds’ of Communities

AOL Ventures’ EVP Jon Brod Patch.com, AOL’s hyperlocal network, will grow from its tally of 30 sites today to “hundreds” by the end of 2010, per an internal memo read by Business Insider (and that we saw on www.netnewscheck.com). The memo sites AOL’s goals to be “the global and local leader in sourcing, creating, producing …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Sales Channels

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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 »

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Nov 12
2009

Jeff Jarvis’ HyperCamp on New Business Models for News

A “hypercamp” dedicated to New Business Models for News was held yesterday in New York City by The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, lead by Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine. We weren’t there – wrong coast- and nothing is on the site yet. But the free event had a strong lineup of speakers from all walks …continue reading »

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Nov 10
2009

Sacramento Press Blends HyperLocal, Social Media Management

Hyperlocal models continue experimenting with ways to make it work on a standalone basis. Networks, ecommerce and other revenue streams have all been tried out. BackFence vet Mark Potts has even set up GrowthSpur as a consulting firm and national network specifically to leverage the clout of Hyperlocal sites. A new approach is being tried …continue reading »

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Oct 20
2009

Local Media Vets Launch Oakland Local

Hyperlocal sites are often run by earnest people who have just enough naivite about them to put in the hours and chase the dream, right? Former Yahoo and NJ.com exec Susan Mernit probably doesn’t qualify. But Mernit, a 10 year resident of the Bay Area, is nevertheless chasing the dream at Oakland Local,. The new …continue reading »

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