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What the demise of Buzzfeed News tells us about the future of digital journalism

Sean Dodson, senior lecturer in journalism at Leeds Beckett University, explains how the end of the innovative news website points towards a darker future for digital media.

The Week

Vice Media reportedly headed for bankruptcy

Plan comes amid waves of media layoffs and closures, including shuttering of BuzzFeed News

The Guardian - UK

Traffic review: Ben Smith on Bannon, BuzzFeed and where it all went wrong

Now a co-founder of Semafor, formerly of Politico, BuzzFeed and the New York Times, the author expertly pulls readers in

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Elizabeth Olsen Reveals Which Marvel Newcomer She’d Like To Crossover With As Wanda

Phases Four and Five have introduced a ton of heroes, and Elizabeth Olsen has a crossover in mind.

Cinemablend

Hard times are here for news sites and social media. Is this the end of Web 2.0?

A steep decline in advertising is forcing a historic shakeup in digital news and social media, and leading some to imagine navigating the internet without the likes of Google or Facebook.

WEKU

Buzzfeed News: sad demise of a clever, innovative site that led the way in digital journalism

Buzzfeed News, once a shining star of digital journalism, has announced it will shut its award-winning news division for good, laying off about 60 journalists in a move its founding editor, Ben Smith, described as “the end of the marriage between social media and news”.

The Conversation

Vice Media cancels flagship show, announces ‘painful’ layoffs

Announcement comes after BuzzFeed last week said it was closing its news division.

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Who is Alycia Debnam-Carey in 'Saint X'? Meet Emily in real life

No stranger to the thriller genre, Alycia Debnam-Carey is now about to take it by storm

My Imperfect Life

BuzzFeed News Was More Blockbuster Than Netflix

For all the sneering about the publication’s end, the subscription future of news isn’t a sure bet.

Businessweek

BuzzFeed News’ business model turned to dust because they were always at the whim of mercurial tech titans

BuzzFeed changed the way news was reported for the digital age. But it ultimately became a casualty of its lopsided relationship with Facebook

The Guardian - AU

Michelle Pfeiffer Defends Grease 2 From Online Criticism

Michelle Pfeiffer fights against online criticism for Grease 2.

Cinemablend

Why BuzzFeed's founder reportedly turned down Bob Iger's offer of $650 million—10 years before killing his news division and laying off 15% of staff

According to BuzzFeed News’ former editor-in-chief Ben Smith, Iger was furious with Jonah Peretti for backing out of the deal.

Fortune

The digital graveyard: BuzzFeed News joins sites hanging on in eerie afterlife

The site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets

The Guardian - US

Schadenfreude, Anyone? Long Enslaved Media Biz Revels as Suddenly Vulnerable Google Gets Its Butt Kicked in AI (Bloom)

Previously invincible Google has long had a stranglehold on things like digital news and advanced advertising, but Microsoft's ChatGPT advances threaten that hegemony

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Salon

Human refuses award for AI-created image

Boris Eldagsen spoke to Salon about using an AI-generated contest win to start a conversation about "promptography"

Reason

The Death of BuzzFeed News Was a Facebook Murder-Suicide

Online media companies got exactly what they said they wanted.

Evening Standard

Why is Buzzfeed closing down its news site?

BuzzFeed is axing 15 per cent of its staff and closing down BuzzFeed News, due to the pandemic and a weak stock market

Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara: From BuzzFeed to Netflix, digital media promised revolution. And a bloody business it's been

The time has come for us to stop using the term "digital revolution" in such a catchphrase-cute way, with the inevitable emphasis on "digital" and little thought for the meaning, and historical realities, of "revolution."

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Barchart

Why Investors Should Read Between the Lines of BuzzFeed’s (BZFD) Unusual Options Volume

On paper, the bearish implications of BuzzFeed’s options contracts trading suggests doom for BZFD stock. Here’s why speculating investors should read between the lines.

Reason

Borrowers With High Credit Scores Penalized Under New Federal Mortgage Fee Plan

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Axios

BuzzFeed News shutters amid digital media reckoning

The internet publishing landscape shifted after tech firms changed their algorithms in the late 2010s.

Newslaundry

‘Is Jonah Peretti axing himself too?’: Grief and anger among journalists as Buzzfeed News shuts down

Buzzfeed News is shutting down, and journalists took to social media last night to mourn its loss.

Chicago Sun-Times

BuzzFeed News to be shuttered in corporate cost-cutting move

CEO Jonah Peretti announced the shutdown of BuzzFeed’s Pulitzer-winning news division and cuts to 15% of its staff. The company will continue to publish news on HuffPost.

The Independent UK

From pee tapes to Pulitzers: The rise and fall of Buzzfeed News

BuzzFeed began in 2006 as a way of harnessing the virality of internet memes, and almost accidentally became a prominent force in investigative journalism, writes Bevan Hurley.

WEKU

BuzzFeed shutters its newsroom as the company undergoes layoffs

BuzzFeed News started in 2012 and grew to have more than 100 journalists across the world. Moving forward, BuzzFeed will concentrate news efforts in HuffPost, the company said.

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