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Title: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: Ben on April 20, 2023, 12:20:34 PM

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of aholes. Apparently they were having AI write a bunch of their articles.

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Journos should have learned to code before the code learned to journo

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2023/04/20/end-of-an-era-buzzfeed-news-is-shutting-down-but-at-least-no-journalists-were-impacted/

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: WLJ on April 20, 2023, 12:22:12 PM

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We’d tell you to pour one out for BuzzFeed, but there’s really no need to waste a perfectly good beverage on those people.

I still have some Bud Light

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: K Frame on April 20, 2023, 12:47:17 PM

64 ways to be less racist while packing your *expletive deleted*it off your desk...

That made me laugh out loud.

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 21, 2023, 12:16:42 AM

Go ahead and click on the White Man square.


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/should-you-learn-to-code

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: WLJ on April 21, 2023, 05:30:46 PM

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Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: WLJ on May 02, 2023, 01:03:28 PM

Looks like Vice may be headed that way too

Once valued at $5.7 billion, Vice may now be headed for bankruptcy
https://qz.com/once-valued-at-5-7-billion-vice-may-now-be-headed-for-1850394233

 Woke Vice News Just COLLAPSED! Once Worth 6 BILLION Now Bankrupt! Get Woke Go Broke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC-bd5HGt5Y

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: Pb on May 02, 2023, 01:28:05 PM

Quote from: WLJ on May 02, 2023, 01:03:28 PM

Looks like Vice may be headed that way too

Oh please! please!   =)

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: K Frame on May 02, 2023, 01:58:22 PM

Now if only the Huff and Puff Post would fold...

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 02, 2023, 04:10:09 PM

I think Fox will survive, though.

Title: Re: Buzzfeed is Dead
Post by: WLJ on May 15, 2023, 05:19:06 PM

Vice Media files for bankruptcy, latest in a series of liberal media struggles
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vice-media-files-bankruptcy-latest-series-liberal-media-struggles

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The filing came as the company prepares to sell essentially all of its assets to a Lender Consortium made up of Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital. Although the company previously reported $500 million to $1 billion in assets, the sale has so far yielded only $225 million in the form of a credit bid.

But meanwhile someone is optimistic

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"VICE serves a huge global audience with a unique brand of news, entertainment and lifestyle content," VICE's Co-Chief Executive Officers Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala said in a statement following the announcement. "This accelerated court-supervised sale process will strengthen the Company and position VICE for long-term growth, thereby safeguarding the kind of authentic journalism and content creation that makes VICE such a trusted brand for young people and such a valued partner to brands, agencies and platforms."