After Saudis killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, Vice Media joined many other American companies in publicly distancing itself from the Saudi Arabian government, whose agents carried out the killing.Now, Vice is in talks to expand its business...
Yahoo has acquired The Factual, a company that uses algorithms to rate the credibility of news sources, Yahoo president and general manager Matt Sanchez told Axios.Why it matters: The deal could provide Yahoo News' 200 million+ monthly visitors with...
Months after his company bought Politico, Mathias Döpfner stood atop Axel Springer’s 19-story headquarters, gazing out at the double row of cobblestones that mark the outline of the demolished Berlin Wall, and explained his global ambitions. “We want to...
BuzzFeed, Inc. is entertaining airport travelers not just via their smartphones but also IRL with new retail stores.Why it matters: BuzzFeed's stock has been struggling since its public debut in December. The digital media company is under pressure to...
Hope everyone had a good end to summer, other than those in the Southern Hemisphere. Check out the pilot episode of a new podcast I did with Troy Young from People vs Algorithms. Let know what you think: bmorrissey@gmail.com....
SECRET group of geniuses KILL for fun.” In a recent video podcast on his true crime YouTube channel MrBallen, John Allen tells the story of a mysterious poisoning involving Mensa that took place in rural Florida. The video of...
It wasn’t exactly news when a principal in Nebraska censored a high school newspaper, canceled the school’s journalism program and abruptly disbanded its student newspaper. I mean, it’s news news, but it’s not surprising news. Red state bureaucrats and...
Media companies that continue to offer the flexibility of remote work are reconsidering office spaces that are going unused in expensive locations like New York City, where many media companies are based.
Origen: Media companies downsize office spaces in NYC...
As someone working in a creative field, I’ve never been concerned about a computer taking my job. I always felt confident that the tasks required of me as a photo editor for New York Magazine are too complex and...
Last week, I made an appearance on The Claman Countdown and spoke about the streaming wars, the future of publishing, and the importance of putting the right bundle, the right offer, in front of the right subscriber, at the...
