Despite Heat in Hyperlocal Space, WaPo Shutters Local Site LoudounExtra

publication date: Aug 19, 2009
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MSNBC and AOL may have just snapped up hyperlocal sites—EveryBlock and Patch respectively—but newspapers are dumping them left and right.  This week the Washington Post announced it would close its hyperlocal “standalone” site, LoudounExtra.  WaPo launched the site only two years ago; LoudounExtra was the publisher’s only foray into the hyperlocal space.  It had planned to launch another local hub Fairfaxextra.com, but never pulled the trigger.


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