It's kind of like Patch.com for foodies and shop-a-holics: Here's Your Neighborhood, Inc., a local-area and neighborhood web portal, has launched in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the Klondikes of food and boutiques. The sites, www.HeresWilliamsburg.com and www.HeresGreenPoint.com carry local-focused reviews of stores and restaurants, and offer online coupons for same.

Kia has tapped James Hope to be national manager of product public relations, reporting to director of PR, Scott McKee. Hope will develop vehicle communication strategy and oversee new model introductions, auto shows, national and regional media events and press fleet operations.

Volkswagen will tout the Beetle in the upcoming Super Bowl game. For the third consecutive year the Herndon, VA-based U.S. sales and marketing arm of VW will advertise in the game. The company will premier a 60-second spot at the beginning of the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVI.

There will be a memorial service for Suzanne Hart, the Y&R executive killed last week in an elevator accident at the agency's midtown headquarters today (Dec. 19th) at 10:30 a.m., according to Hart's obituary in the New York Times. The service is being held at 300 Madison Ave (at 41st St). A private burial will be held later at her parents' hometown of Lancaster, Ohio, the Times reported. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be sent either to the New York Botanical Society or the Suzanne Hart Memorial Scholarship Fund at Knox College.

Meredith Corp. has named Lauren Purcell editor-in-chief of EveryDay with Rachael Ray. Purcell previously served as executive editor of Self magazine, and has also written several books about food and entertaining, including Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! and Secrets to Confident Entertaining.

Meredith Corp. has named Sabine Feldmann publisher of its More magazine franchise, including the printed magazine, digital editions and Web site. She joins from vice president and publisher of Conde Nast's Teen Vogue magazine.

In a surprise announcement, Janet Robinson will retire as CEO of the New York Times Co. at the end of the year. The announcement, which was made in a staff memo from publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., who will serve as the Times Co.'s interim CEO until a successor is named. Robinson will remain a paid consultant to the Times Co. for a year.

In a bid to re-invigorate the brand, WPP is creating a new boutique agency for Ford's Lincoln luxury model, the New York Times reports. For years WPP has handled Ford and most its sub-brands through an entity called Team Detroit, based in Dearborn, Mich., where the client is based. The unit combines the efforts of a number of WPP shops including JWT, Wunderman, Y&R and Mindshare. Now Lincoln will be handled separately through a new New York-based unit as yet unnamed. Ford and WPP are providing some details later today. The Times reported that automotive consultant Cameron McNaughton will head …

Standard & Poor’s has changed its rating outlook on CC Media Holdings, the parent company of Clear Channel Communications, from positive to negative, while keeping the CCC+ rating itself the same. The negative outlook reflects what S&P sees as the potential for trouble for the radio business in general in coming years, due to the rise of Internet radio and other digital alternatives, plus broader economic uncertainty. S&P writes: “While audience levels have remained relatively stable in radio, we believe there is less visibility regarding the industry's ability to achieve sustainable revenue growth in 2012 and beyond, due to advertising …

Paramount Pictures' brand value is getting an extra numerical spin. Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Paramount Pictures announced that starting with "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol", due out December 21st, the studio will unveil its newest logo. This one will tell film goers at the start, or the end of its movies, that it has been 100 years in the business of making movies -- as well as its continuing mention that it is a Viacom company. The new logo is a photo-realistic variation of the classic mountain peak and underlying clouds theme that has part of the studio’s trademark since …