Blogosphere

Patch wants you to blog for them

All the AOL Patch local news sites across the country have put out the call for bloggers to post on their community's site: original stuff or reposted from your own or another blog. It's kind of like Huffington Post model — no editing and no pay — but without the patina of being selective (about who's chosen to blog), the potential for big readership or the liberal identity. Here's the pitch at Brentwood's site.

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