In 2011 AOL reportedly paid $160 million to get hyperlocal news website Patch.com off the ground and while the company continues to lose money on the project new numbers show tripled traffic year-over-year. According to analytics firm comScore Patch.com overall […]
Local entertainment site Metromix has converted seven major markets to “Express” versions of the Metromix brand after the concept failed to be profitable for the cities. Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Tampa and Washington DC will be downgraded to […]
If you avidly use Groupon, there are probably some deals you’ve avoided because they just look way too good to be true. 82% off something not clearly defined. $25 for $50 worth of food at a restaurant notorious for add-ons. […]
Hyperlocal publishers now have a trade group of their own. The group, announced at the Block by Block conference in Chicago this weekend aims to help publishers gather around common business goals, while offering services that small publishers may not […]
EveryBlock this week launched their “Mute” feature which allows site users to choose what user stories they see on the EveryBlock homepage and in their email. Users simply click on the “mute” button (shown above) when accessing a persons information […]
EveryBlock on Tuesday launched the “EveryBlock Publisher Program” which allows website owners to claim their local news sites within the network. Once claimed stories are shared through EveryBlock.com while site users can interact with stories and share their favorites using […]
Seamless, formerly known as SeamlessWeb, has picked up the tab for MenuPages at a price of $15 million. Seamless, created in 1999, was purchased by food service conglomerate ARAMARK in 2006, but gained independence last June. The company purchased MenuPages […]
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong would like all you media types to lay the hell off all the money-bleeding Patch talk, thank you very much. Armstrong was defensive of his pet property speaking about it recently, underscoring how important the hyperlocal […]
If you’re an early adopter and eschew print, there are probably a few things that you’ve been waiting on to transition over to new media. It’s probably been at least seven years since I’ve purchased my last newspaper, but I […]
It seems that the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism wants to get a better handle on what makes for a successful online business model and have hired the founder of Spot.us, David Cohn, to do some research on the matter. […]
Yesterday, Huffington Post head Arianna Huffington announced in a blog post that the site was adding a local Washington DC edition of the blog. HuffPo has been expanding into a variety of verticals lately, including channels for the black community, […]
Until the web came along and popularized local restaurant review outfits like Yelp and OpenTable, Zagat was the source for finding out whether an unexplored establishment might or might not have been worth the trip. But Zagat’s transition to a market […]
I love Instagram, I love the ease at which photos can be uploaded, I love the sleek interface the program offers, I love that sharing and tagging photos is friendly on my iPhone, but I honestly never thought of Instagram […]
The catskills region of upstate New York was hit hard by Hurricane Irene and in the wake of that regions misfortune hyperlocal news website Watershed Post is helping coordinate relief efforts while trying to connect stranded citizens. Watershed specifically covers the bucolic […]
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