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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by Angostura on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:31AM (#21190013)
> Adam Singolda, who runs Taboola and will take charge of the combined company, characterized the deal in a statement as a way to “create a more robust competitor to Facebook and Google” while “strengthening journalism.”

Do potential investors/employees actually believe this kind of drivel or is it a sort of expected formalistic dance?

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by chii on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:48AM (#21190384)
Drivel. Investors care about business model, and potential profitability. And annoyingly, these click baits do work to drive traffic, and drive advertising.
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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by mikestew on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:53AM (#21193619)
Perhaps you do not like their content, and I'm totally with you there, but I don't know that I'd classify this as "drivel". Sure, it's all about money in the end, but they're not wrong. FB/Google competitor? Check. Doesn't mean you have to like them. Strengthening journalism? You mean like, paying them money so they can keep the lights on? Check. Again, you don't have to like it (buy a subscription already).

Weasel words all around, but I can't point to where they're specifically lying.

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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by KoftaBob on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @09:11AM (#21191858)
That drivel is for the public, the investors only care about the money they're making.
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Re:Taboola and Outbrain are merging to create a clickbait giant by microcolonel on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:58AM (#21190444)
For what it's worth, I have worked with two genuine journalistic enterprises who relied on Taboola revenue, and were deeply involved with them.

I noticed when I ran my mouth about Taboola and they told me a Taboola employee was sitting right there. :- )

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