Cuyahoga Falls Patch and the other 16 Ohio Patch sites,
along with about 150 of the 900 across the country, are being downsized by
their owner, New York-based AOL. Gone will be the local staffing, reports
editor John Deike. AOL laid off about half of its 1,000 employees in New York.
Coverage in recent weeks has shifted from local news to
Northeast Ohio and national Patch items, defeating the original purpose of the
Patch site, which was to provide intense local coverage that mainstream
newspapers like the Beacon Journal, which beat Patch to the downsizing game,
didn’t have the personnel to handle. And hope to lure advertisers from the
mainstream papers to the Patch sites.
Deike wrote that Cuyahoga Falls Patch will
remain open to anyone in the community who wants to share a blog, post an
event, celebrate an announcement or promote a small business. Just don’t expect
a news staff to be there to respond.
Dave Wilson, who had been downsized in 2006 after 18 years at the BJ, was the first Cuyahoga Falls Patch editor.
Former BJ reporter Kymberli Hagelberg was editor of the Fairlawn-Bath Patch.
Dave Wilson, who had been downsized in 2006 after 18 years at the BJ, was the first Cuyahoga Falls Patch editor.
Former BJ reporter Kymberli Hagelberg was editor of the Fairlawn-Bath Patch.
To read the farewell funereal posting by
Deike, click on http://cuyahogafalls.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/so-long-cuyahoga-falls--its-been-fun?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001&evar4=picks-1-post&newsRef=true
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