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The firm that implied it started the #AlexfromTarget meme now says it was just part of a chain reaction. So was this a naturally spreading viral phenomenon? Read more »
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The firm that implied it started the #AlexfromTarget meme now says it was just part of a chain reaction. So was this a naturally spreading viral phenomenon? Read more »
BuzzFeed has already built a data-science team and named one of its chief scientists as publisher, and now it has acquired Torando Labs and made the founder — the co-founder and… Read more »
An essay by the head of Google News about the value of trust in journalism sparked a debate on Twitter about whether trust is a good way to think about how… Read more »
Whisper was slammed by The Guardian for its alleged tracking of individuals who use the anonymous app, but the concerns about privacy are just the symptom of a larger problem, which… Read more »
BuzzFeed’s new publisher is not a veteran media executive or an MBA with a business background, but someone who specializes in looking at how data can influence the way that media… Read more »
BuzzFeed got a lot of attention for a story about a secret network of location-tracking devices hidden in New York City phone booths — but the truth is a lot more… Read more »
New-media companies like BuzzFeed, Gawker, VICE Media and Tumblr are all expanding rapidly both in New York itself and around the world — almost all are moving into new buldings or… Read more »
Most traditional media outlets are used to thinking of journalism or news as something they create and then distribute to a waiting audience — but seeing it as a product or… Read more »
Al Jazeera is officially unveiling AJ+ and the AJ+ iPhone app, which aims to bring news and context to people who don’t watch news on TV anymore. Read more »
Writer David Sessions argues in a piece at Patrol magazine that journalism is worse because of the effects of the internet — but most of the things that he and others… Read more »