New York Times gets out of the hyperlocal news business

The New York Times has decided to terminate its collaborations with the journalism schools of New York University and the City University of New York on two hyperlocal blogs that the newspaper launched three years ago.

Adrienne LaFrance attempts to answer what this tells us about the future of hyperlocal news, and the extent to which industry attitudes have shifted in the past three years.

Five things The New York Times learned from its three-year hyperlocal experiment
http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/06/five-things-the-new-york-times-learned-from-its-three-year-hyperlocal-experiment/

‘Times’ will end partnerships with N.Y.U., CUNY on hyperlocal blogs | Capital New York
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2012/06/6075601/times-will-end-partnerships-nyu-cuny-hyperlocal-blogs