The Middletown Patch is gone as of Friday.Across the country, hundreds of writers and editors were fired in a conference call. Cassandra Day, editor of the Middletown Patch was among several Connecticut editors let go by the organization after the sale of Patch by AOL to Hale Global.
Day, who ran a profitable, and well-read, frequently-visited version of AOL's "hyper-local" news site said she was reeling from the news.
that is VERY sad to see....Cassandra did a GReAT Job and i will miss reading patch...Can't believe it
ReplyDelete-carmela lockwood
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If you would like to thank Cassandra for her efforts or to encourage her to produce a local version of the 'patch', you can contact her at:
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Very disheartening and sad news. Cassandra did a wonderful job. Her work will be missed.
ReplyDeleteA "local version of the Patch" already exists.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of something... thinking... What's is it called?
Maybe "The Middletown Eye"?
She could start "The Middletown iPatch"
ReplyDeleteIts use was primarily an electronic version of the bulletin board at the grocery store entrance. Balanced objective journalism, no.
ReplyDeleteToo bad. The patch was what the 'old' Middletown Press Briefs was. Cassandra you did a great job. Hope you continue the Patch in some form.
ReplyDeleteEd Dypa
I like Eye-Patch better -- it just requires updating the logo a tad.
ReplyDeleteWill the Eye-Patch pay minimum wage?
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