businessinsider.com — Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham is leaving the company, he just told staffers on an all-hands call. A source close to Patch stresses this was Farnham's decision, not AOL's. This source says Farnham will not be replaced. Here is a blog post he wrote about the news: As you heard on today's All-Company call, after four years as Editor-in-Chief of Patch, I'm moving on.