The video chronicles the rise and dramatic decline of digital media giant BuzzFeed. While the company achieved massive success in the 2010s by optimizing its viral content (quizzes, listicles, and Tasty videos) for Facebook’s algorithm, this heavy reliance on third-party distribution ultimately led to its downfall. When Facebook’s traffic began to wane in favor of … Read more
5 ways fake news websites are evolving First Draft News by Craig Silverman It’s typically been fairly easy to describe what fake news websites are, and how they work: These sites publish stories that look and read like real news articles but are completely fake. They exist in order to earn money from ads. That description … Read more
John Oliver has given us the best defense of newspapers ever washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Kathleen Parker News is a bizarre kind of food chain whose most important members are at the bottom. Newsonomics: After John Oliver, the you-get-what-you-pay-for imperative has never been clearer Nieman Journalism Lab by Ken Doctor Can John Oliver’s 19 minutes rivet … Read more