freamon to NewsEnglish • edit-29 months agoVice Media will stop publishing on its website and lay off hundreds. Read the memo its CEO sent to staff.www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down15
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minus-squareFlying Squidlink21•9 months agoSomeone else says it was focusing on their cable channel, which makes more sense to me (I didn’t know it existed). It’s my understanding that pivot-to-video in terms of internet journalism has been a massive failure based on false Facebook metrics. https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/pivot-to-video.php
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•9 months agoSounds to me like they’re going to sell their journalism (studio) to other companies rather than release it themselves (distribution). Kinda like if Netflix created a TV show but then sold the streaming rights to Disney.
minus-squareivanafteralllinkfedilink2•9 months agoI’m happy if it means Dark Side of the Ring is spared, at least.
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Someone else says it was focusing on their cable channel, which makes more sense to me (I didn’t know it existed).
It’s my understanding that pivot-to-video in terms of internet journalism has been a massive failure based on false Facebook metrics.
https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/pivot-to-video.php
Sounds to me like they’re going to sell their journalism (studio) to other companies rather than release it themselves (distribution). Kinda like if Netflix created a TV show but then sold the streaming rights to Disney.
I’m happy if it means Dark Side of the Ring is spared, at least.