Plus: Self-censorship in the media’s coverage of drones, Time Warner’s possible magazine sales plans, and the rest of the week’s news about the future of news.
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Articles tagged Patch (41)
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Patch, a division of AOL, is a network of local news sites with a combination of staff-produced and community-contributed material. The company, which focuses exclusively on local news, began with a handful of sites in New Jersey and Connecticut and now is in about 900 communities. According to comScore, its sites drew 6.9 million unique…
February 15, 2013
June 7, 2012
With a mix of aggregation and original content, Dichtbij is trying to build a sustainable business — and they’re getting close.
May 25, 2012
Plus: A look at Warren Buffett’s big newspaper buy, a bill targeting anonymous comments, and the rest of the week’s big news in media and tech.
February 23, 2012
The search for a scalable, money-making model for hyperlocal journalism continues, but there are some reasons for optimism.
February 15, 2012
In the third and final part of our series on European models of news industry innovation, Ken Doctor looks at a small community publisher in Switzerland that has a local model he’s trying to spread through franchising.
February 8, 2012
In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast.
Boston.com plans to roll out a redesign to its network of 50 hyperlocal sites in the next several months.
November 17, 2011
In September, Patch saw a 75-percent increase in traffic during Hurricane Irene. Last week, it was a 50-percent increase to some sites with heavy election coverage.
October 24, 2011
The prospect of better reaching readers — and advertisers — in a community encourage the Philadelphia Media Network to experiment with curation and open story budgets.
September 9, 2011
“I don’t think there’s any newspaper company in America that won’t have fewer people a year from now than they have today, and fewer still in two to three years.”
August 12, 2011
Plus: The New York Times opens a test kitchen, the debate over real names, the Kindle embraces the cloud, and TBD turns one.
August 11, 2011
All those unfriendly trends facing newspaper companies? Expect them to accelerate.
July 8, 2011
Plus this week’s required reading: more on the Guardian’s digital strategy, lackluster numbers for Patch, new paywall numbers from London, and Google’s bid for a display-ad revolution.
July 7, 2011
There’s a huge opportunity for someone to become the essential guide to local places, events, and commerce. But will news organizations be the ones to take advantage?
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