Comcast to end hyperlocal site EveryBlock, agrees to send users to rival Nextdoor

By: Robert Washburn | July 18, 2018

Chicago-based community website EveryBlock is shutting down, four years after Comcast resurrected it. (EveryBlock) Comcast is pulling the plug on EveryBlock, the Chicago-based hyperlocal news site it revived four years ago. The website, which features blurbs about restaurant closings, building break-ins and community events, will go dark July 19, […]

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