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July 30, 2023
Sam Venis
How the Media Lost the Traffic War to Facebook and Google
BuzzFeed and other big media brands of the social-web heyday were casualties of a gold rush controlled by Silicon Valley giants.
April 18, 2023
Magazine
Aaron Timms
They Did It for the Clicks
How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos
March 11, 2021
Alex Shephard
What Is BuzzFeed Doing to HuffPost?
A devastating round of layoffs is the latest reflection of digital media’s woes.
December 22, 2020
Alex Shephard
Make Media Small Again
Why consolidation is bad for journalism—and how the government can fix it
November 23, 2020
Alex Shephard
The Desperate Year of the Digital Media Titans
BuzzFeed’s acquisition of HuffPost might be good for both companies, but it reflects an industry that’s long past its vibrant period of upstart energy.
October 20, 2020
Walter Shapiro
The Overblown Alarmism About a Trump Coup
Liberals seem to love reading about the president refusing to concede to Joe Biden. But these stories distract from the real issues at hand.
February 1, 2019
Tal Lavin
The Fetid, Right-Wing Origins of “Learn to Code”
How an online swarm has developed a sophisticated mechanism to harass and gaslight journalists—and to get mainstream media outlets to join in.
January 25, 2019
Alex Shephard
Regulating Facebook and Google Won’t Save Journalism
It will help. But the industry needs much more to survive.
January 23, 2019
Marcy Wheeler
How Trump Suborns Perjury
Even without BuzzFeed’s explosive report about Michael Cohen, the evidence shows that the president has persuaded his associates to lie to Congress and the feds.
January 11, 2017
Clio Chang
Even if Pee-gate isn’t true, Donald Trump is stuck with it.
August 13, 2013
Marc Tracy
BuzzFeed Feeds on Anthony Weiner's Diminishing Buzz
April 26, 2013
Marc Tracy
Eulogy for the Blog
As the 'Times' moves to eliminate theirs, we should remember its golden age
September 20, 2012
Molly Redden
The Aimless Career of James Carter IV
August 1, 2012
Nate Cohn
Will Twitter Change the Way We Measure Public Opinion? Let's Hope Not.
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