Now a co-founder of Semafor, formerly of Politico, BuzzFeed and the New York Times, the author expertly pulls readers inBen Smith is a willing passenger on the rollercoaster also known as the internet. He reported for Politico, was founding editor-in-chief at BuzzFeed News and did a stint as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-29 06:00:28 UTC ]
BuzzFeed changed the way news was reported for the digital age. But it became a casualty of its lopsided relationship with FacebookThe announcement of the demise of BuzzFeed News last week felt unlike the cavalcade of media closures and layoffs of the past decade. In a sense, it represented the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-26 03:36:53 UTC ]
BuzzFeed News' closure represents the struggles of news media, but larger, the mismanagement of digital media properties in a world of consolidation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-04-24 04:01:00 UTC ]
Despite winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for coverage of China's mass detention of Muslims, BuzzFeed News' journalistic success has not delivered business results. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2023-04-21 14:23:32 UTC ]
Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that's shedding about 15% of its entire staff Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-04-20 23:02:36 UTC ]
The digital publisher finds there’s no avoiding the industry’s punishing economics To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2022-03-22 15:51:02 UTC ]
In 2019, the organizing wave that began rising in 2018 crested, with employees at digital publishers including Quartz, BuzzFeed News, Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-01-02 15:55:48 UTC ]
In 2019, the organizing wave that began rising in 2018 crested, with employees at digital publishers including Quartz, BuzzFeed News, Wirecutter and The Ringer and legacy media companies such as Hearst and NBC News all organizing. Over the past five years, the ranks of the Writers Guild of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2020-01-02 05:01:11 UTC ]
The site’s journalists took part in an IRL protest after a series of tweets criticized the company’s refusal to recognize their affiliation with the News Guild. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-06-18 22:31:39 UTC ]
Once dependent on Facebook, the publisher is broadening the ways it distributes its news and makes money. The post BuzzFeed News’ Ben Smith: ‘Every company needs diverse business models’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Axios, BuzzFeed News, Vox Media and other news publishers are using their brands to land TV real estate. The post News publishers are using their brands to carve out space on TV screens appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]