LocalLabs
Formerly | Journatic |
|---|---|
| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Digital media, journalism |
| Founded 📆 | June 1, 2006[1] (as BlockShopper) |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 53 West Jackson Blvd, #560 Chicago, Illinois 60604, United States |
Area served 🗺️ | United States |
Key people |
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| Services | Hyperlocal content service |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Partially owned by Tribune Co. |
| Divisions | Blockshopper |
| 🌐 Website | LocalLabs.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
LocalLabs (and BlockShopper before 2011) is an American commercial provider of content to media companies and marketers. According to court documents, Edward Weinhaus and Brian Timpone are the co-founders of the company; the pair defeated law firm Jones Day in Federal Court in 2008[2].
Timpone created the company and became the company's CEO.[3] The website reported on home purchases in 15 U.S. metropolitan areas as of 2010.[4]
In 2011, the original company, Blockshopper, a real estate news and data website, morphed into Journatic[5] as a newspaper content service. In 2012, Timpone and the company found themselves in the news for its practices, including using fake bylines[6]. Timpone stated he was "saving journalism" in an episode of "This American Life" by producing news in the Philippines[7]. Also in 2012, the Tribune suspended Timpone and the company for plagiarism[8].
References[edit]
- ↑ "LocalLabs.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ "Jones Day v. BlockShopper.com et al, No. 1:2008cv04572 - Document 55 (N.D. Ill. 2008)". Justia Law.
- ↑ Fitch, Stephane (2010-08-26). "Blockshopper.com Outs Rich Homeowners, Sparking Glee and Anger". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
- ↑ Fitch, Stephane (2010-08-26). "Blockshopper.com Outs Rich Homeowners, Sparking Glee and Anger". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "Amendment of a foreign limited liability company for". bsd.sos.mo.gov. August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
- ↑ "Fake Bylines Reveal Hidden Costs Of Local News". NPR.org.
- ↑ "Switcheroo". This American Life. 29 June 2012.
- ↑ Miner, Michael. "Tribune, Fourcher, drop Journatic". Chicago Reader.
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