What My Mother Didn't Talk About (2020)
#HackerNews #WhatMyMotherDidntTalkAbout #2020 #BuzzfeedNews #PersonalStory #FamilyRelationships #MentalHealth
What My Mother Didn't Talk About (2020)
#HackerNews #WhatMyMotherDidntTalkAbout #2020 #BuzzfeedNews #PersonalStory #FamilyRelationships #MentalHealth
Once high flying #media content play #BuzzFeed (#NASDAQ listing:#BZFD), which last yr shut down its once Pulitzer winning #BuzzFeedNews operation, has now announced the sale of the #Complex brand that started as a print mag by street wear designer Marc Eckō . Buzzfeed acquired the brand for $300 million just 3 yrs ago, but unloaded it for a $108 million cash infusion and is laying off 16% of its remaining #workforce that a couple years ago was once around 500 and now a fraction of that.
The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories
Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles
https://www.masonpelt.com/the-ai-anti-utopia-and-other-stories/
#Advertising #AI #AllianceOfMotionPictureAndTelevisionProducers #BuzzFeedNews #ChatGPT #CoryDoctorow #economy #film #GriefTech #JoeBiden #MachineLearning #scam #scams #SearchEngine #StreamingCompanies #Telly #TheDailyShow #TheNewYorkTimes #TV #WritersGuildOfAmerica #WritersStrike
Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles to make quota. AI is turning into a shitty anti-utopia. As I write this, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike for 28 days. In a negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers […]
After Buzzfeed News Operation Shutters, Vice Media Group Declares Bankruptcy
Hard times are continuing to hit the online news sector. Following Buzzfeed's decision to shutter news, Vice declared bankruptcy.
Digital advertising in recent times has been quite tough from a publishers p
#Business #Advertising #bankruptcy #Buzzfeed #BuzzfeedNews #OnlineNews #Vice #ViceMediaGroup
WELT: Digitale Revolution: Das Ende der jungen wilden Medien
Die digitale Medienrevolution frisst ihre Stars: In den USA waren Nachrichtenangebote wie Buzzfeed News und Vice die jungen Wilden. Jetzt scheint deren Höhenflug beendet. Sie haben sich auch zu lange auf soziale Medien verlassen.
Digitale Revolution: Das Ende der jungen wilden Medien
I'm sure I'm not the only one recommending this but don't miss the oral history of #buzzfeednews
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/buzzfeed-news-oral-history-2012-2023
BuzzFeed News has been described as a chaos agent, a pirate ship, a reputable news organization, and, most notably, a “failing pile of garbage” by former president Donald Trump. We wanted to tell our own story — in our own words — about what it was like to be a part of it.
@Mediagazer Significant point in article: 'General interest news is difficult to sell subscriptions against....'
"The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today"
Jeez, i was barely over grieving over the 2000s #Internet (blogs! web forums!) — never mind nostalgia about the 1990s Internet (listservs! usenet! "You have no sovereignty where we gather"!)
Book Review: Why BuzzFeed Joins Gawker in Internet News Graveyard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/04/21/traffic-buzzfeed-gawker-ben-smith/ via WaPo
Photo: Media Bistro
#Traffic #TrafficBook #BenSmith #Buzzfeed #BuzzfeedNews #Gawker #Journalism #News