The story argues that if newspapers go under, Everyblock will have a hard time. This is a very weak point as EB's main selling point is all the non-newspaper info and data that it makes available. They could remove all the news and blogs tomorrow and the people I know who use it wouldn't notice.

Also, its a bit of a fine point, but Patch.com is the only real "hyperlocal" site mentioned in the article. The rest cover entire cities rather than specific neighborhoods or communities.