Arcadia Blogger Praises the Patch Competition

When Arcadia Patch came along late last year, it appeared to be gunning for ArcadiasBest.com, a four-year-old blog run by Scott Hettrick (pictured). But instead of gearing up for a northeastern LA County community news war, Hettrick decided to feed off the arrival of his competitor in a most unusual way, providing what could be a model for other infringed upon local bloggers.

Hettrick made a deal with Patch to write a bi-weekly column for the site, provided he could link at the end of his pieces to ArcadiasBest.

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