{"id":927,"date":"2010-01-14T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/ny6wp\/?p=927"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T15:53:58","slug":"patch-invades-hoboken-promises-better-coverage-of-beer-specials-beer-pong-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/?p=927","title":{"rendered":"Patch Invades Hoboken, Promises Better Coverage of Beer Specials, Beer Pong Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patch, the hyper local news startup turned corporate arm of AOL has launched<a HREF=\"http:\/\/hoboken.patch.com\/\">Hoboken Patch<\/a>, a Hoboken version of the site meant to compete with local newspapers and blogs while turning a profit. Patch launched in suburban New Jersey markets in February of last year and has spread faster than the virus in the Dustin Hoffman film Outbreak. <\/p>\n<p>The launch of the site could spell trouble for Jersey Journal blog <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/hobokennow\/\">Hoboken Now<\/a> and independent blogger <a HREF=\"http:\/\/hoboken411.com\/\">Hoboken 411<\/a> with both sites competing for the local business ad dollars that fuels Patch. <\/p>\n<p>Hoboken411 has made notable contributions with breaking stories from city hall while Hoboken Now has the backing and resources of the Jersey Journal behind it.  <\/p>\n<p>Patch Editor Claire Moses was poached from the Journal late last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patch, the hyper local news startup turned corporate arm of AOL has launchedHoboken Patch, a Hoboken version of the site meant to compete with local newspapers and blogs while turning a profit. Patch launched in suburban New Jersey markets in February of last year and has spread faster than the virus in the Dustin Hoffman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-hoboken"],"views":2791,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newyorkssixth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}