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2013-08-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

Huffington Post's Patch lays off hundreds, shuts down 400 websites

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Posted by badanov 2013-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 When most people spent most of their lives within 20 miles of where they were born, local was very important. When people who arrived from beyond that 20 miles came in and told you how to live your life and what you can or can not do, local became less important.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-08-11 08:21|| 2013-08-11 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Patch reports on everything you need to know about your town, from local government to school news to what to do with your family this weekend.

Kinda goes along with P2k's "people who arrived from beyond that 20 miles came in and told you how to live your life and what you can or can not do".

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-11 09:35|| 2013-08-11 09:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Hell, I thought it was me, I'd never heard of Patch either... LOL... oh well.

Posted by Shipman 2013-08-11 10:11|| 2013-08-11 10:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Never heard of it.

But local *is* important. But a reasonably lucrative model is needed to compensate for the tedium.

Posted by KBK 2013-08-11 11:00|| 2013-08-11 11:00|| Front Page Top

#5 So they are going to try to patch the patch? I usually just toss the old one and start over (it works for tires and tubes)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2013-08-11 11:11|| 2013-08-11 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 our local Patch site is pretty good. Lotta local news I can't get from the Big Local Rag

Posted by Frank G 2013-08-11 11:55|| 2013-08-11 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 I like the concept; what bugs me is "run by professional editors, photographers, videographers, and salespeople who live in the regions they serve, and is supported by a great team in our New York City headquarters" with the whole thing being advised by a board of 'esteemed' journalists.

IMNSHO, what is driving down the newspaper industry is the people working in it.

Posted by Pappy 2013-08-11 13:20|| 2013-08-11 13:20|| Front Page Top

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