MediaNews’ New TapIn Bets on the Tablet

That's the dream that the MediaNews' new made-for-the tablet, TapIn taps into. Potentially -- and I cannot emphasize that word too much -- it may become a prototypical product for the news industry, pointing a new way out of the hollowing-out landscape into which the news industry has ...

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Nine Questions on Patch’s New Push: National Hyperlocal?, SEO Sauces, and the Case of the Besieged Florist

So who's the ad competition? Maybe we should ask, who isn't? ...The question, here, is one of sustainability. Certainly, there's the question whether Patch can sustain itself, as its parent AOL struggles to find a new identity and growing business model. Then, there's the question of the ...

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