Medium Raises $57M

Re:Medium Raises $57M by lemiant on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:09PM (#10292837)

What are they gonna do with all that money?

...change the company name to Large?

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by dublinben on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:12PM (#10292865)

Start paying their writers?

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by throwaway859876 on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:32PM (#10292988)

Nah, this is the "sharing" economy. The owners get paid, the proles get "work experience."

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by GCA10 on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:34PM (#10292998)

Doesn't the arrow of progress actually point the other way? If the site gets big enough, they can charge writers for the privilege of being published there.

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by tedunangst on Monday September 28, 2015 @05:18PM (#10293271)

LiveJournal all over.

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by jjaredsimpson on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:37PM (#10293017)

Why pay a class of people so desperate to give away their labor.

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Re:Medium Raises $57M by notahacker on Monday September 28, 2015 @04:46PM (#10293071)

Premium Themes.

Sadly, I'm only half joking.

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