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Is AOL’s hyperlocal news network an evil slave empire or a boon to hungry journalists?

A citizen journalist is smarting from a slight by Chicago Tonight.

There’s a new hyperlocal news site, Center Square Ledger, on the north side of Chicago.

Neighborhood news veteran Lorraine Swanson launches a north-side Chicago news site whose roots reach back to the old Lerner chain.