BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce

Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by 88ujkj3j3j on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:07PM (#18985636)

The saddest thing about the news industry dying is how, as it has struggled to stay relevant, it has given up any pretense of being a serious source of information (as opposed to a cheap source of outrage entertainment). Journalism is dead.

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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by asdff on Thursday January 24, 2019 @12:57PM (#18991062)

>Journalism is dead.

Last I checked the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic were all still in print, publishing good reliable content.

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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by koheripbal on Thursday January 24, 2019 @01:13PM (#18991251)

For the most part, unfortunately, they run unprofitably, and have required therefor the patronage of high net worth individuals to keep them running.

In an ideal world, there would be a requirement for an organization that labels itself as "journalism", "news", or "reporting" to have a measure of financial independence. ...but as it stands, it seems such independent agencies would not be able to financially sustain itself as so much "news" is free online, and people remain unwilling to pay for less-biased sources of information.

We have entered the disinformation age. If you are not paying for news, you are the product, not the consumer.

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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by bausshf on Friday January 25, 2019 @08:18AM (#18997632)

Pretty sure titles like "Pewdiepie is a Nazi" is not considered good reliable content.

Good content, sure.

Reliable, not so much.

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Re:BuzzFeed to Cut 15% of Its Workforce by lol1lol2lolthro on Thursday January 24, 2019 @03:35PM (#18992653)

> Publishing good reliable content.

What is your definition of “good reliable content”?

I find it funny you cite left leaning sources that masquerade as objective. NYT hiring Sarah Jeong and claiming white privilege is rampant. Give me a break.

(This is an unpopular opinion, particularly on HN.)

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