Oct 18, 2010
Another Star-Newser goes to AOL Patch
AOL's Patch site for Monrovia (yes, it's leafy, suburban and educated) went live today, with former Pasadena Star-News reporter Nathan McIntire at the helm. He's the second Star-News reporter to take a Patch job; former Star-News city hall reporter Dan Abendschein launched the Altadena Patch on Wednesday.
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Is there a surprise in having this groups reporters leave for a better opportunity? Clearly, nothing going on at medianews as far as advancement or investment in the produce. Why not leave for an opportunity?
Sorry, can't help it.
So MediaNews is not purchasing produce? Does that mean that the MediaNews salad bar has been closed down.
No wonder folks are leaving.
They aren't producing produce or product...they might have a better chance at produce though. Pretty funny John.
now now. down boy. you can clearly see this was a typo.
aol patch seems to be the thing now. but i hear they don't pay very well and you have to work tons of hours.
Patch will become the new MediaNews. Low pay, meager journalism, bad returns, and then they will begin to slowly shut them all down.
nah, first they're going to turn them into SEO-driven, google-results grabbing space-wasters like eHow, examiner dot com, associated content, etc. that's what passes for internet "journalism" on a broad scale these days.
I think Patch will fail, but I can understand the draw - the pay is either equivalent or maybe a bit better for junior reporters. But the big draw is to be in on something new and positive instead of the endless grind of decline in newspapers.
I would still enjoy hearing a newspaper defender tell us why newspapers won't fail. I for one hope they don't, but, cannot see a solid revenue or subscriber base in the future. And, please don't tell me about the internet opportunities. What am I missing? You have bunker mentality leaders, a generation of readers that is dying off and won't be replaced and advertisers flocking anywhere else to spend their dollars. As the delivery costs escalate with less penetration, that model will also fall under relentless pressure. What is the future?
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