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Taking a trip to talk about the success of The Batavian

By Howard B. Owens

Well, here it is 1:20 a.m. and I have to get up in a couple of hours to head to Rochester to catch a flight to New Jersey.

I'll be at Montclair University to participate in a conference called Innovating the Local News Ecosystem. Specifically, I've been asked to share about how The Batavian has become so successful.

As for coverage: I'm taking some work with me and we have some other stories lined up, and of course, Billie will be here to cover what needs to be covered. There should be a supply of news to keep things interesting over the next two days.

Lisa Ace can help local businesses with any advertising needs, as always. Employers with job openings should call Lucie Ann Griffis. Both can be reached at (585) 250-4118.

Jeff Allen

Howard has something called an emerging small business model that others want to replicate. The news industry benefits when citizens actively participate in the open exchange of ideas instead of just ingesting what is spoon fed to them from the networks, cable, and print.

Apr 24, 2014, 10:25am Permalink
John Roach

Randy,
Since the object of this site is to make money, telling people that you are successful and that others ask your advice, is another way to expand your market. It seems Randy that you do not understand business.

Apr 24, 2014, 11:09am Permalink
Jeff Allen

Just out of curiosity, I checked out the publications of the 3 other speakers that will be presenting with Howard to see how sites similar in style to TheBatavian stack up. TheBatavian really has something unique and something to boast about. The other 3 are located in larger demographic areas, have FAR less user commentary, and a lot of corporate sponsorship.
Here are the links:

http://thebrooklyngame.com/
http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
http://www.njspotlight.com/

Apr 24, 2014, 12:49pm Permalink

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