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thebatavian.com
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The Batavian is an online local news organization run by Howard Owens in Batavia, N.Y.

The site was launched in May 2008 by the newspaper chain GateHouse Media as an experiment in online-only local journalism.

Owens, who helped start the site as a GateHouse executive, left the company to take the Batavian over in February 2009. The for-profit site is free and supported by advertising.

Peers, allies, & competitors:
TBD, West Seattle Blog, GateHouse Media
Recent Nieman Lab coverage:
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This Week in Review: The Times’ blogs behind the wall, paid news on the iPad, and a new local news co-op — [Every Friday, Mark Coddington sums up the week’s top stories about the future of news and the debates that grew up around them. —Josh] A meter for the Times’ blogs: Plenty of stuff happened at the intersection...
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Primary author: Mark Coddington. Main text last updated: May 10, 2011.
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