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Vice files for bankruptcy protection amid cut-price sale to consortium

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m

The Guardian - UK

Mourning – but learning from – MTV News

In remembering the music video channel's legacy, let's also look at its success in connecting with young viewers

Salon

Infinity Pool casts Alexander Skarsgård as a holidaygoer who falls prey to hedonism and the wily Mia Goth in a sinister island paradise

Following in his filmmaker father’s footsteps and riffing on the success of White Lotus and Triangle of Sadness, Brandon Cronenberg has made a stomach-churning holiday horror with Infinity Pool.

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All the Exciting Media Outlets Are Dying. What the Hell Comes Next?

Once-giant digital outlets like BuzzFeed News and Vice are either dead or declining. The media landscape looks bleaker than ever

The Walrus

How the rivalry between Gawker and BuzzFeed drove a social media boom – and bust

Ben Smith was BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief when it was at its peak. He explains how the groundbreaking site and its rivals changed the media – and sowed the seeds for their own demise

The Guardian - UK

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

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‘Like Icarus – now everyone is burnt’: how Vice and BuzzFeed fell to earth

Era of lofty valuations for upstart youth media appears to be over, with Vice ‘heading for bankruptcy’ and BuzzFeed News shutting down

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - US

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.

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The Conversation

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”.

Al Jazeera

Vice Media cancels flagship show, announces ‘painful’ layoffs

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

My Imperfect Life

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

Businessweek

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.

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The Guardian - AU

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

Cinemablend

Michelle Pfeiffer Defends Grease 2 From Online Criticism

Michelle Pfeiffer fights against online criticism for Grease 2.

Fortune

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Broadcasting & Cable

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

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.

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