Valleywag: Google ad exec invests in journalism start-up
February 18th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
Tim Armstrong, Google advertising executive, is using his private investment company, Polar Capital Group, to back Patch – a community news organisation, which also boasts CUNY professor and media blogger Jeff Jarvis on its editorial board.
Tags: advertising executive, CUNY professor, google, Jeff Jarvis, journalism start-up, Local media, media blogger, Patch, Polar Capital Group, Tim Armstrong, us
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