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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

In BuzzFeed fashion, 5 takeaways from Ben Smith's 'Traffic'

In his new book, the former editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News lands on his promise to chronicle the rise of digital media through the story of a snowballing, head-to-head competition.

WEKU

The digital media bubble has burst. Where does the industry go from here?

Buzzfeed, Vice, Gawker and Drudge Report are all traffic-war casualties, but they succeeded in shaking up the media landscape

The Guardian - US

Ben Smith: Why It Matters that Gawker, BuzzFeed News, and Breitbart News Failed

A decade ago, online startups seemed poised to vanquish legacy media. That didn't happen.

Reason

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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

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

What does Peter Thiel really want?

Everywhere but barely visible, the billionaire investor may have more clout in MAGA world than Donald Trump

Salon

Digested week: Alec Baldwin on gun control? Silence would be preferable

Plus Gawker and the end (again) of an era, and Eva Green’s WhatsApp mishaps

The Guardian - UK

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The Guide #72: How Sam Smith became one of pop’s most boundary-pushing stars

In this week’s newsletter: With their camp, raunchy new video, the singer has firmly traded sensible and sombre ballads for unapologetic, unbothered queerness

The Guardian - UK

Gawker makes a comeback six years after it was sued into closure

A new version of the website, quietly launched a year ago under new owners, is attracting interest and readers again

The Guardian - US

Project Veritas Ex-COO Loses Libel Suit Against Massachusetts Teachers Union

From Landino v. Mass. Teachers Ass'n, decided today by Judge Denise Casper (D. Mass.), the undisputed facts: The MTA is a state affiliate of the National Education Association ("NEA"), a national labor union. Established in 2011, Project Veritas is a non-profit conservative media outlet that conducts "undercover reporting" concerning "subjects…

Reason

The rise and fall of Deadspin: how ‘jerks in Brooklyn’ changed sports journalism

Deadspin blew up the tropes and traditions of old-school media, changing the industry by challenging the accepted narrative

The Guardian - US

‘Don’ of a new era: the rise of Peter Thiel as a US rightwing power player

The Paypal Mafia’s lynchpin is putting his vast tech fortune to work for candidates aligned to Trump’s agenda in the midterms

The Guardian - US

Channing Tatum on ‘Dog,’ ‘Magic Mike,’ Marvel and His Hiatus

Not since 2017’s “Logan Lucky” has Channing Tatum been the lead in a film. It’s been a confounding hiatus for one of Hollywood’s top stars — an actor (Gawker once deemed him the icon of “new masculinity” ) who has playfully, goofily, sometimes shirtlessly redefined male movie stardom. America agrees…

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