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Hyperlocal Media: Patch’s Future in Question?
As an observer and participant in the evolution of local media, we were interested to see this tidbit near the end of yesterday’s New York Times article about AOL’s continuing struggle to remake itself as a journalistic powerhouse that investors can learn to love:
Other ideas include closing Patch, AOL’s local news initiative that has reporters in 850 towns. Eliminating the money-losing service would free $160 million and lift AOL into profitability.
If you live in one of the neighborhoods that has its own Patch (like Bed Stuy, Carroll Gardens or Park Slope), what do you make of it so far? Is it filling a need that wasn’t already being met? And speaking of local media, based on the last few weeks of archives, it looks like OTBKB (which we hadn’t looked at in months) has all but stopped publishing. What’s up with that?
08/18/2011 11:44 AM
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‘It’s Like Marrakech Over There!’
“There are young men and women wearing ironic glass frames on the street. There are open air markets.” (The fun begins at 0:21.)
Brian Williams Humorously Skewers NY Times Brooklyn Fetish [Gothamist]
Brian Williams Declares NYT’s “Discovery” of Brooklyn As Story Of 2010 [NYTPicker]
Brian Williams Takes Jab At NY Times [MSNBC]
12/30/2010 9:00 AM
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WSJ Starts Copycat HOTD Feature
Looks like we should have trademarked House of the Day. Rupert’s doing one in his new New York section of the Wall Street Journal. And, surprise, surprise, it’s not behind a paywall. What’s next, a pricing widget?
04/26/2010 9:40 AM
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(Slightly) Off-Topic Poll: Paying for The Times Online?
Over on the Silicon Alley Insider today, Henry Blodgett makes the case that The New York Times needs to start charging a subscription fee for full access to the newspaper’s extremely popular website. Given what a lifeblood of content it is for this blog (and most others), the answer is a no-brainer ‘yes’ for us, but we’re curious to see where readers come down on the issue.
01/21/2009 1:43 PM
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