Comments on: AOL Buys Two Local Startups, Including One Backed By CEO Armstrong http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/ The economics of digital content Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aaron http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71422 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:35:22 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71422 Doesn't Going.com feed off of myspace and facebook for their members?
I would not buy tickets off that site.

Patch is a great idea. Good luck!

]]> By: Derek N http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71421 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:33:17 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71421 Going a good idea?

Please – they were being forced to sell by the VC who backed them. Shopped around for 9+ months they barely got their money back at most. 10 million is seriously a stretch, I would think half of that at most. The CEO tried everything to keep this one alive and they even hired an bank out of Boston who failed miserably. If AOL wants to do local, I suggest they look elsewhere.

]]> By: Joel McLaughlin http://paidcontent.org/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71420 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:39:07 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2009/06/11/419-aol-buys-two-local-news-startups/#comment-71420 Going.com seems like a good idea, similar to eventful.com which i absolutely love…

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