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Billion Dollar Opportunities in Hyperlocal

  • October 25, 2013
  • Rick Ducey
  • Funding, Hyper-Local, Mergers & Acquisitions, Online/Interactive

Jason E. Klein, Founder and CEO of On Grid Ventures, led a StreetFight Summit panel of investors exploring where the next billion dollar opportunities in hyperlocal might be. Joining Klein were Matt Turck, Managing Partner, First Mark Capital and Ben Siscovick, with IA…

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Hyperlocal Lives? GoLocal24 Preps Second Site

  • January 6, 2012
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local

No one talks much about certain topics after public crashes -- even when the opportunity remains clear. Hyperlocal is one of these. TBD.com in Washington, D.C., crashed last February, and there is a lot of speculation that Patch.com has become…

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Hyperlocal in 2011: A Break in the Clouds?

  • December 22, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local

I take great delight in the Carlsbad Patch updates on my smartphone every morning. And the Fwix local app on my iPad. But why do I feel they are my “guilty pleasures”? Because there is a rap out there that…

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ZipLocal Joins Leads Race

  • November 2, 2010
  • Charles Laughlin
  • Call Monetization, Yellow Pages

ZipLocal, the U.S. independent directory publisher, has launched a new "hyper local" leads-based advertising model called Local Leads that taps into a distribution network featuring 18 properties and 80 billion monthly impressions, according to ZipLocal execs who briefed us last week.…

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Neighborhood Site NearSay Wants to Take a Bite Out of Big Apple Clutter

  • September 28, 2010
  • Jed Williams
  • Advertising Networks, Blogging, Coupons/Deals, Hyper-Local, Listings Providers, Local, News, online, Online/Interactive, Verticals

As "the media capital of the world," New York is rife with daily newspapers, high-culture magazines and lifestyle publications, yet Trevor Sumner says he had "no idea what was going on in my neighborhood. I couldn't even keep up with…

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AOL’s Patch Gives a Progress Report; The Implications for Hyperlocal

  • August 17, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Ad Sales, City Guides, News, online, Newspapers, Video, online, Yahoo!, Yellow Pages, Internet

AOL’s Patch gave a progress report today on its $50 million hyperlocal initiative. The site said it now has 100 hyperlocal sites, and will launch 400 more over the next six months. It also said it plans to hire at…

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Allbritton’s TBD.com (and TBD TV) Launch in D.C.

  • August 9, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • City Guides, Hyper-Local, News, online, Television, Local, Traditional Media, User-Generated Content

The latest attempt to make hyperlocal a sustainable reality came today with Allbritton Communications’ launch of TBD.com, a hyper metro site for the Washington, D.C., area. Allbritton, which has sunk “under $5 million” into the project to date, hopes it…

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Minnesota Crackdown on Phony Listings a Potential Boon for Local Advertisers

  • August 6, 2010
  • Jed Williams
  • Brand Marketing, Listings Providers, Local, Online/Interactive

Score one for local businesses … at least in Minnesota. As of Aug. 1, the state began enforcement of a law that prohibits advertising “deceptive local telephone numbers and geographically deceptive business names” across the Internet, as well as in…

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Omidyar's 'Civil Beat' Tests Multi Pay Tiers

  • June 16, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local

If people would only pay for their local content, nobody would be worried about the future of local news. But so far, most have proved less than willing. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar, however, is testing out new models at his…

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Omidyar’s ‘Civil Beat’ Tests Multi Pay Tiers

  • June 16, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local

If people would only pay for their local content, nobody would be worried about the future of local news. But so far, most have proved less than willing. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar, however, is testing out new models at his…

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Main Street Connect Raises $4 Million

  • June 1, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local, News, online

Main Street Connect, a new hyperlocal network founded by former community newspaper executive Carll Tucker, former SmartReply exec John Falcone and others in the New York suburbs, notified the SEC on May 26 that it has raised $3.97 million for…

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

  • May 4, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Ad Sales, Hyper-Local, Newspapers

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…

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

  • May 4, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Ad Sales, Hyper-Local, Newspapers

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…

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HelloMetro Fleshes Out in 40 Markets

  • April 8, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • City Guides, Hyper-Local, Yellow Pages, Internet

HelloMetro, the local news and city guide company based in Louisville, Kentucky, said that it now has unique hyperlocal content for 40 markets, and national coverage. The company has "Hello(cityname)" URLs covering the country, and relies on a core team…

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

  • March 8, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local

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…

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EBay Founder Planning Local News Service in Hawaii

  • January 22, 2010
  • Peter Krasilovsky
  • Hyper-Local, News, online

EBay founder Pierre Omidyar  and former eBay VP Randy Ching are setting up a local public affairs and civic news site in Hawaii, where Omidyar lives, according to a post on Omidyar's blog that was picked up by paidContent. Former…

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