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Advice for Patch’s New Content Chief
If Patch can create an easy way for communities to report on sports events — with minimal or no effort — and then serve up that content in a relatively readable format, the upside would be huge. Also, get rid of your middle management layer. All of it. Hyperlocal works best in conditions of hyper-autonomy, without an overseer and a style enforcer…
Street Fight Daily: 02.10.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Where Does Arianna Fit Into AOL’s New Patch Plans? (PaidContent)…
Dear Patch: I Was Hyperlocal Long Before You (Romenesko)…
Groupon Hires Paul Taaffe to Improve the Online-Coupon Site’s Public Face (Bloomberg)…
Tagwhat: Creating Location-Based Stories
Foursquare gave us location-based community and merchant information and established check-in behavior among consumers. Now Tagwhat, a Colorado-based company, hopes to build on that legacy by enhancing users’ location experience with what they call a “mobile encyclopedia of where you are.”
Foursquare Brings Explore Update to Mobile
The once geo-social-pioneer-turned-local-juggernaut, has updated its Android and iPhone applications with many of the local search features launched a few weeks ago on Explore for the Web — namely, better filters and in-search photos, as well as improved recommendations through wider access to Foursquare’s dynamic dataset…
Street Fight Daily: 02.09.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon Reports Quarterly Loss, But Beats Revenue Expectations (AllThingsD)…
AOL Hires Chief Content Officer for Patch (Reuters)…
‘There Are No Layoffs Planned,’ Says Patch (Romenesko)…
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