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Laura Hazard OwenOctober 31, 2019

For Patch, local sex offender maps are a Halloween tradition

Critics say they spike fear levels in their communities unnecessarily. But they do well on Facebook.

Patch is launching paid, “ad-lite” memberships

Here are the local news organizations boosted in Facebook’s membership accelerator

Alan SoonApril 4, 2018

Coconuts, a fast-growing, cities-focused network of sites in Asia, takes a hard right into paid memberships

“The main point is that all of these changes have made me realize that you can’t build a business off Facebook, and the only constant is that Facebook is going to be constantly changing.”

Laura Hazard OwenNovember 4, 2015

Grown from Patch: A crop of new hyperlocal news sites has sprung up from AOL’s failed platform

When their jobs at Patch ended, some journalists didn’t give hyperlocal news up.

Did the city of New York just create a platform for hyperlocal news?

Joshua BentonSeptember 1, 2015

As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed

The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?

Joseph LichtermanAugust 7, 2014

Turning a profit in the Netherlands: How a Dutch hyperlocal network has grown

Hyperlocal network Dichtbij has 44 local sites throughout the country, and brought in about €10 million in revenue last year.

Ken DoctorJune 4, 2014

The newsonomics of the Orange County Register’s swerves all over the freeway

In less than two years of ownership, Aaron Kushner has changed strategies like changing lanes. A new round of cost cutting suggests the route to sustainability is still uncertain.

Caroline O'DonovanMarch 12, 2014

Like a phoenix from the ashes: How some local reporters are sticking it out post-Patch

From microgrants to business training to better tech platforms, the local news ecosystem Patch left behind could end up richer than the one that it debuted in.

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