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1. July 26, 2012 05:08 PM

   A new Patch?

   AOL's hyperlocal startup is building something new, but the details remain closely guarded

   By Kira Goldenberg

   At AOL’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Tim Armstrong hinted that changes are afoot for Patch, the hyperlocal news venture he dreamed up and then purchased in 2009, once he ascended to AOL’s top spot. The new product, he said: allows us to continue to do news and kind of directory listings continue at high scale, but add the...

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2. May 29, 2012 11:03 AM

   On Journatic, and making it in Hyperlocalville

   Success depends on the company bringing Tribune a savings/quality balance, says Patch's former editor in chief

   By Brian Farnham

   In late April, a six-year-old digital startup called Journatic struck a deal with a 165-year-old newspaper company to take over its online community news operations. When the deal was reported on hyperlocal watchdog site Street Fight, commenters hit the fan. One in particular, named "Fedge", pretty much summed up the outrage, saying simply: "So much for integrity in journalism." Welcome...

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3. September 24, 2012 02:50 PM

   Patch launches its redesign on five sites

   Its emphasis veers toward Facebook-like "groups" and away from news

   By Kira Goldenberg

   Patch’s redesign went live Sunday night in five Long Island towns, about three months after CJR posted a story on the hyperlocal company’s alleged plans to move away from content creation and toward more community engagement. My first takeaway from perusing the redesign was that, apparently, Patch doesn’t think its users can read. Verticals are denoted by round icons, most...

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4. June 27, 2011 05:01 PM

   What’s A Local Site To Do?

   Small and hyper-local sites gear up for the GOP primary

   By Joel Meares

   In June 2010, Craig Robinson got a midterm scoop that no other media outlet, national or local, was able to get. Robinson, the editor-in-chief of the website Iowa Republican was attending a campaign event for GOP gubernatorial primary candidate Terry Branstad in Jefferson, a small town fifty miles northwest of Des Moines. During a break in Branstad’s address, an aide...

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