Another hyperlocal journalism effort dies as NBC shuts down pioneering startup EveryBlock

Reblogged from GigaOM:

Not long ago, "hyperlocal" was the buzzword of the day in the digital media business, and a number of major media entities -- including the New York Times and AOL (s aol) -- either acquired or started their own efforts in that direction. Now one of the pioneers of that movement has been abruptly shut down: NBC announced on Thursday…

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It obvious that many traditional media, and marketing people, just don't get it when it comes to social media... Perhaps they are still trying to figure out how many Facebook-likes it takes to make up a hundred dollar?....

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