The Omaha World-Herald Co. announced this week it has purchased WikiCity, a hyperlocal site with local content for just more than 22,000 U.S. communities that I wrote about on this blog in August. WikiCity, which started in late 2008 and launched publicly this summer, is a bit like CitySearch with its telephone-book-like listings of restaurants [...]
WikiCity is one of the latest to jump on the hyperlocal bandwagon, which includes traditional news sites, blogs, and hybrids. WikiCity started in late 2008, but announced itself formally this summer with local content for just more than 22,000 U.S. communities. It’s a bit like CitySearch with its telephone-book-like listings of restaurants and businesses and similar to the [...]
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