Everyone and their dog seems to have an email newsletter today, but what happens if and when yours takes off? Some have gone down the paid route, but another credible alternative is to turn it into a subscription media business. That’s a route that The Juggernaut, a new pay-to-play publication targeted at the Indian diaspora, […]
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Facebook’s ad team shoots itself in the foot by pulling Elizabeth Warren campaign ads
Facebook’s gang that couldn’t shoot straight advertising department has made another blunder, this time by pulling Elizabeth Warren campaign ads touting the Senator’s proposal to break up big tech. The offending ads were pulled, according to Politico, over their use of the Facebook brand in their copy. Meanwhile, other ads that the Senator’s Presidential campaign […]
View More Facebook’s ad team shoots itself in the foot by pulling Elizabeth Warren campaign adsBuzzFeed News employees vote to unionize
Shortly after BuzzFeed News employees revealed that they had voted to unionize, its editor-in-chief said the company wants to meet with them to discuss voluntarily recognition. Employees announced today that they are organizing as BuzzFeed News Union under the NewsGuild of New York. “Our staff has been organizing for several months, and we have legitimate […]
View More BuzzFeed News employees vote to unionizeExtend Fertility banks $15M Series A to help women freeze their eggs
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners backs Extend Fertility with $15 million to help the egg-freezing service expand to new markets.
View More Extend Fertility banks $15M Series A to help women freeze their eggsProfits at The New York Times show media dinosaurs are ruling the internet
Today’s news that the (failing?) New York Times reported net income of $55.2 million, after losses a year earlier — and that its digital business raked in $709 million — is just one indicator that some of the nation’s oldest media properties are finally crossing the bridge into the 21st century. The Times managed to turn […]
View More Profits at The New York Times show media dinosaurs are ruling the internetBuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffers
A group of current and former BuzzFeed employees are asking the company to pay out paid time off to all recently laid-off staff. In response, Lenke Taylor, BuzzFeed’s human resources lead, said it wants to meet with staff and is “open to re-evaluating” its decision on PTO. In an open letter to Smith, BuzzFeed’s CEO […]
View More BuzzFeed employees demand it pay out earned PTO to all laid-off U.S. staffersStartups Weekly: Is Munchery the Fyre Festival of startups?
Munchery goes under, a new podcast documents the Theranos saga, experts explain direct listings and more.
View More Startups Weekly: Is Munchery the Fyre Festival of startups?Buzzfeed will cut its staff by 15% in major round of layoffs
It’s a dark day to work in media. On the heels of news that TechCrunch parent company Verizon Media Group (formerly Oath) would lay off roughly 800 workers, BuzzFeed has announced its own substantial staffing cuts. And though they were anticipated, Gannett also made substantial cuts to newsrooms around the US on Wednesday. In a memo […]
View More Buzzfeed will cut its staff by 15% in major round of layoffsBuzzFeed News launches a paid membership program (and yes, there’s a tote bag)
BuzzFeed News is giving readers a new way to support its journalism — by paying a monthly or yearly fee. BuzzFeed might not seem like the most obvious publication to ask readers for financial support, as it doesn’t really have the high-minded appeal of (say) NPR or The New Yorker. However, the company has been […]
View More BuzzFeed News launches a paid membership program (and yes, there’s a tote bag)Airbnb ends forced arbitration days after Google, Facebook did the same
Uber and Lyft put an end to forced arbitration earlier this year.
View More Airbnb ends forced arbitration days after Google, Facebook did the sameTwitter’s U.S. midterms hub is a hot mess
Today, Jack Dorsey tweeted a link to his company’s latest gesture toward ongoing political relevance, a U.S. midterms news center collecting “the latest news and top commentary” on the country’s extraordinarily consequential upcoming election. If curated and filtered properly, that could be useful! Imagine. Unfortunately, rife with fake news, the tool is just another of […]
View More Twitter’s U.S. midterms hub is a hot messRejected journalist visa sparks press freedom fears in Hong Kong
There’s concern for the freedom of the press in Hong Kong after the government declined to renew the visa of a veteran Financial Times’ editor, dealing an alarming blow to the country’s thriving journalism community. Victor Mallet, the FT’s Asia news editor who is also vice-president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, is effectively being expelled after he was […]
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