Omidyar wrote of his admiration for Jobs last night in a post on Honolulu Civil Beat, the hyperlocal news site he publishes.

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Hyperlocal news sites regard Groupon and other daily deal services with a mixture of love (for flooding their coffers with ad dollars) and dread (for competing with their own deal offerings).

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That point was driven home to Patch, the network of hyperlocal news sites owned by AOL, when a contributor to its Fair Lawn, New Jersey site was arrested last week on charges of stalking.

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