Patch Editor: Sites Shifting Toward National View

According to a Patch editor, the model of “all local, all the time,” might not be working for the hyperlocal news network. The editor told Streetfight that in 3Q, The Huffington Post model of writing about whatever gets the most clicks (even if it’s not local) is going to take hold:

Now while we wait for the budgets for the new quarter it looks like it will bring more emphasis on ‘trending topics’ and tailoring content to what people Web-wide are searching for, not necessarily what is going on in our Patch.

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