MSNBC.com: EveryBlock.com Won’t Replace Local News
By: adage.com
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Among the conundrums left by the newspaper die-off: What is the new model for local news and information, once the sole province of community newspapers? MSNBC.com snapped up one of the more promising efforts, EveryBlock.com.
The startup, founded by programmer and journalist Adrian Holovaty, was funded by the Knight Foundation’s “news challenge” program, an annual contest for innovations in local news………[read entire story]

