Google continues assault on hyper-local/real estate knowledge | Hyperlocally

NYTs City Room Blogger Moves To DC Role; Expands Hyperlocal Effort | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Blogger - The NYTimes.com is making some small moves regarding its New York metro coverage. Sewell Chan, the reporter who helped found the City Room blog three years as its first bureau chief is heading to Washington, DC for a new role. He’ll be replaced by Andy Newman, who most recently ran The Local blog in Brooklyn, the NYT said in a City Room post. Speaking of The Local, the hyperlocal project it started last year in collaboration with Buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis through his citizen journalism initiative at The City University of New York, is adding two more Brooklyn sites. The NYTimes is also handing editorial oversight of The Local to the CUNY faculty working on the project. Read more about Hyperlocal here>>>

The Jeff Jarvis Interview | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Journalism - I had a discussion with author and CUNY professor Jeff Jarvis recently and was struck by his passion about hyperlocal journalism on the Web – something I’ve never felt had a sustainable business model. You can see the interview on our YouTube Channel. Read more about Hyperlocal Journalism here>>>

MSNBC.com’s EveryBlock Adds Hyperlocal Discussion Boards | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal News - Hyperlocal news aggregator EveryBlock is making its first big move since being purchased by MSNBC.com over the summer: Visitors to the site will now be able to write up announcements of their own, which will show up along with EveryBlock’s existing automated blurbs which are pulled from local municipal sources and news sites. Read more about Hyperlocal News here>>>

Notify Your Neighbors: EveryBlock Launches User-Contributed Announcements | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal News - Until now, all the news on the hyperlocal news site EveryBlock was compiled by the site's editors and algorithms. Today, EveryBlock launched a nifty new feature that allows its users to post stories to the site and notify their neighbors about interesting events in their neighborhoods. The new feature allows users to post anything from news alerts to questions and classified ads on the site. These alerts will also now appear in EveryBlock's newly enhanced iPhone app. Read more about Hyperlocal news here>>>

Hyperlocal Media: How Local Is Too Local?

Hyperlocal Media - As experts, prognosticators, and major media product launches have insisted over and over, hyperlocal online coverage is the wave of the future—but no one seems to know how local is too local. A ZIP code? A ward? A city block? Read more about Hyperlocal Media here>>>

The Long Tail of Hyper Local Content | Hyperlocally

Hyperlocal Content - By tapping into the long tail of hyper local content, media companies can create richer relationships with their communities by reporting on everything from local politics, sports and education to culture, special interests, weather and news. Digital signage networks gain the benefit of highly relevant and sticky content, and their media partners connect with community residents while they are out and about (further embedding them in the local fabric). Read more about Hyper Local Content here>>>