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EveryBlock

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While EveryBlock did not last as a standalone business, it was considered influential for its impact on the
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EveryBlock maps plotted a mix of commercial, government and nonprofit feeds that were
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news websites that was originally founded in 2007 with a $ 1.1 million grant from the
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web framework, also co-created by Holovaty, from reading the EveryBlock source code.
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The site eventually grew to provide local news for 19 cities, including
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then relaunched EveryBlock in 2014. In 2018, EveryBlock was acquired by
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then acquired MSNBC in 2012 and shut down EveryBlock in 2013.
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movement in local governments, and custom maps on top of
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Index

hyperlocal
Knight Foundation
Knight News Challenge
Adrian Holovaty
Chicago
MSNBC
NBC
Comcast
social networking service
Nextdoor
geotagged
Flickr
3-1-1
foreclosures
RSS
San Francisco
Atlanta
New York City
Los Angeles
open data
Google Maps
source code
open-source
Kevin Systrom
Instagram
Django


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