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Problems at Patch.com

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Drip, Jan 19, 2011.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Hey, guys, want to blog about your fave HS football team for Patch? Now you can! A bunch of these just went out in the Cleveland area:

    http://solon.patch.com/groups/sports/p/fall-sports-bloggers-wanted-share-news-about-your-team-on-patch_6c959d09
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Aug 1, 2013
    #841
  2. Tucsondriver

    Tucsondriver Member

    It all sounded too good to be true. Write about any sport, as much or as little as I want and all my work gets "featured front and center." No deadlines! (Yay!). I'm thinking, how do they make money on something like this? With opportunities like this, why are newspapers doing so badly?

    Then I get to the last graph. Totally devastated...

    Patch bloggers are not paid and they own the content they produce. So if you are already blogging and want to share with our readers, too, let us know.
     
    Tucsondriver, Aug 2, 2013
    #842
  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Yeah, but you don't have to pay them.

    It's quick, easy and free! What a great opportunity to share your voice.
     
    YankeeFan, Aug 2, 2013
    #843
  4. reformedhack

    reformedhack Well-Known Member

    AOL chief executive says he plans to close, sell or find partners for the approximately 300 Patch sites that have no hope of breaking even.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2013/08/07/aol-bets-on-programmatic-with-adap-tv-pulls-back-on-patch/

    (See the final 3 or 4 grafs.)
     
    reformedhack, Aug 7, 2013
    #844
  5. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Stunning.

    I'm sure Moddy and the other Fanhouse alumni didn't see that coming.
     
    da man, Aug 7, 2013
    #845
  6. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Let the celebrating of journalists losing their jobs begin!
     
    outofplace, Aug 7, 2013
    #846
  7. Cigar56

    Cigar56 Member

    Here's a longer piece on Patch's retreat: http://goo.gl/ChpZu9
     
    Cigar56, Aug 7, 2013
    #847
  8. gravehunter

    gravehunter Member

    some states will be patch-less....

    http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/08/patch-is-laying-off-hundreds-of-employees-on-friday/?goback=%2Egde_3753151_member_264421212
     
    gravehunter, Aug 9, 2013
    #848
  9. WolvEagle

    WolvEagle Well-Known Member

    Patch update: The employees are going to have to wait an agonizing week to find out whether they'll be fired, and 500 sites will be cut. One high-ranked staffer was fired on the spot this morning for pulling out a camera: http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/09/patch-staffers-will-be-laid-off-and-sites-closed-over-the-next-7-days/

    It sucks that the employees are left twisting in the wind. I was at a City Council meeting last night with the Patch editor in my paper's town and he's a nervous wreck, though I'm guessing his site will be safe.

    It is so unfair to make them wait.
     
    WolvEagle, Aug 9, 2013
    #849
  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    We are officially into clown show territory:

    http://www.businessinsider.com/aol-ceo-tim-armstrong-appeared-to-fire-this-man-in-front-of-1000-coworkers-2013-8?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29

    http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/09/patch-staffers-will-be-laid-off-and-sites-closed-over-the-next-7-days/

     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 9, 2013
    #850
  11. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Can we just go ahead and rename The Peter Principle The Armstrong Principle?
     
    BYH, Aug 9, 2013
    #851
  12. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    BYH lives!
     
    outofplace, Aug 9, 2013
    #852
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