Local writer makes a funny about AOL's Patch, HuffPo
Posted at 12:49 PM on February 7, 2011
by Jon Gordon
(2 Comments)
Filed under: Media
The acquisition of Huffington Post by AOL (Does anyone say 'America Online' anymore, or is it a 'We're not National Public Radio we're just NPR now' thing?) gave Dan Haugen an idea.
Now that Huffington Post, a site that sometimes make insignificant stories look like big news, is owned by the same company that owns Patch, a network of hyper-local news sites, what if Patch adopted the design aesthetic of HuffPo? Voila! Haugen's Fridley Patch is born, HuffPo-style.
I can't figure out what's being made fun of more, Patch or Huffington Post.
BTW, here's the real Fridley Patch.
Do you read a local Patch site? You like?
Comments (2)
That is priceless!
I totally got punked by this spoof. Saw it this morning and thought it was the real deal.
I discuss my use of Patch and other "new media" over at David Brauer's blog on MNPost..
But I'll share my thoughts with NewsCut, too. Yes, I pitch to Patch. For stories with a micro, hyper-local focus, it's a good tool.
Some Patches are better than others. Fridley is as close to my northern subrurb as Patch goes to date. Like to see one in every community.
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