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Re:Underestimating the power of Jeff Bezos by criddell on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:38AM (#15275782)
Actually, I think Buzzfeed has it right. Make money where it's easy to do so then use that money to fund bigger stories. The fact that the silly stories often find a bigger audience says something.

Also, I would recommend following journalists rather than news outlets.

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Re:Underestimating the power of Jeff Bezos by seppin on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:43AM (#15276367)
you're not wrong, Buzzfeed is profitable while they do some truly amazing journalism as well.

But I really can't see WSJ or NYT creating clickbait personality quizzes just to fund their business.

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Re:Underestimating the power of Jeff Bezos by criddell on Monday September 18, 2017 @11:41AM (#15276863)
No, but it demonstrates that new business models are worth exploring.

The NYT site The Wirecutter makes it's money from affiliate codes. Before that happened, I would have doubted that the NYT would ever look for money by linking product reviews back to Amazon.

If the NYT doesn't stabilize and Buzzfeed continues to grow, I could see Buzzfeed buying the Times as a more respected place to publish serious stories.

That probably won't happen because I think the NYT is in decent shape today.

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