AOL’s Hyperlocal “Patch” Draws Criticism

It’s only been six months since AOL launched the revamped Patch, a hyperlocal content initiative, yet already it’s the target of quite a bit of criticism. AOL says it is attempting to make digital, local journalism professional and profitable. Each of the...

AOL’s Seed Sponsors Music ‘Journalism’ at SXSW

South by Southwest (SXSW), an annual set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences, is happening right now in Austin, Texas. The music portion launched yesterday, with 2,000 bands scheduled to perform over the span of five days. Prior to the start of...

Are Upgraded Content Farms Replacing Traditional Media?

We’ve talked on this blog earlier about the “digital first” approach as a media survival tactic and how traditional news reporters increasingly find themselves facing cutbacks. Last week, two major announcements had the industry reflecting on the...

News Reporters: Evolve to Stay Relevant, But How?

News hunters and gatherers must evolve just like everyone else in the publishing industry that’s been cutting corners at the expense of publishing good journalism. While, ideally, producing and delivering news well shouldn’t depend on the platform being...

The Huffington Post Relaunches OffTheBus

With the upcoming U.S. presidential election in November, AOL Huffington Post Media Group has announced the relaunch of its citizen journalism initiative, OffTheBus. The project, designed to be non-partisan, was initially launched by The Huffington Post in 2008 to...
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