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One Reason Why Buzzfeed Is An Embarrassment To Journalism

It runs articles by third parties attacking other newspapers’ integrity – yes integrity – for money. Update from a reader: I think that BuzzFeed article is especially problematic because it’s actually just impossible to tell (likely purposefully impossible) exactly what a “Community Brand Publisher” is. When you go to the site, the article disclaimer says: “This post was created … Continue reading One Reason Why Buzzfeed Is An Embarrassment To Journalism

The Karma Of Buzzfeed

Check out this post by Maria Popova on Ralph Steadman’s illustrations for an edition of Orwell’s Animal Farm, posted April 25. Now check out this Buzzfeed listicle on Ralph Steadman’s illustrations for an edition of Orwell’s Animal Farm, posted April 29. Maria vents here. Not even a hat-tip? Update: Buzzfeed has since deleted the listicle.

The NYT Follows Buzzfeed

The pinnacle of American journalism is now hiring a Dell employee to write its “articles”: “We wanted to start with someone who we thought really understood how to be a great storyteller,” said Meredith Kopit Levien, evp of advertising for the Times. “And [Dell global communications managing editor] Stephanie Losee was [a writer] at Fortune. … Continue reading The NYT Follows Buzzfeed

The Truthiness Of Buzzfeed

So many questions unanswered about Diane. In 15 minutes I will post the photo and hopefully we can resolve all this — elan gale (@theyearofelan) December 3, 2013 Here is Diana sitting in a chair pic.twitter.com/OE5q7j8dhr — elan gale (@theyearofelan) December 3, 2013 Whoops. Meant Diane. Great time for a typo — elan gale (@theyearofelan) … Continue reading The Truthiness Of Buzzfeed

An Ad Critic At Buzzfeed Doesn’t Work

Copyranter claims that one of the reasons he was fired from Buzzfeed was blowback from advertisers: Because BuzzFeed had grown so big so fast, they didn’t want some loose cannon highlighting the shitty ads of potential or current big name advertisers. Yeah, that’s a pretty good reason to fire me. Being a visionary, I brought this point … Continue reading An Ad Critic At Buzzfeed Doesn’t Work

Buzzfeed Goes Global

Evgeny Morozov expects the site’s new translation project to hurt foreign news outlets: Here is BuzzFeed’s version of “global village”: If its plan works, more and more people around the globe will be reading about U.S. popular culture in their native languages. No, what it is interested in is taking viral stories that have already proven their worth … Continue reading Buzzfeed Goes Global

If Buzzfeed Had Covered The 20th Century

A glimpse. My faves: 1912: Six Titanic Survivors Who Should Have Died 1968: This Year’s Assassinations Ranked From Most To Least Tragic

The Seeds Of Buzzfeed

Abby Rabinowitz traces “meme” from its coinage in Richard Dawkins’s 1976 book The Selfish Gene to its current incarnation: Pinpointing when memes first made the leap to the Internet is tricky. Nowadays, we might think of the dancing baby, also known as Baby Cha-Cha, that grooved into our inboxes in the 1990s. It was a … Continue reading The Seeds Of Buzzfeed

Guess Which Buzzfeed Piece Is An Ad, Ctd

Clearly-not-a-reader writes: I work for Cision, a global pr/marketing software company. We are looking for sites who have “sponsored content” opportunities, much like advertorials. I was hoping you could tell me whether you and your site The Dish accept sponsored content written by or for brands. If you do, I would love to learn about … Continue reading Guess Which Buzzfeed Piece Is An Ad, Ctd

Guess Which Buzzfeed Piece Is An Ad? Ctd

Just a little nugget of news I missed last month from the phenomenally financially successful site, Buzzfeed. It has a new feature called a Listiclock, which was developed, of course, with Pepsi. Anthony Ha recently marveled at it: Every 10 minutes, the minute display will show a list that’s specifically sponsored by Pepsi — apparently, … Continue reading Guess Which Buzzfeed Piece Is An Ad? Ctd