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Articles tagged Gawker (101)

“I’ve always liked to think of myself as a brain floating through space…[but] our physical condition constrains and expands the way we think about ourselves.”
BDG CEO Bryan Goldberg called Gawker “a pre-monetization product,” but the brand is really old in internet years.
With a former staffer in charge, the new Gawker might have a chance at sticking in a media marketplace that’s changed since its closure in 2016.
A new paper argues that the “26 words that created the internet” should remain in force — but only for companies that agree to certain new regulations and restrictions.
“We feel like we have to create the future of media, as we advocate for the people who work in it.”
“I think the hard part for something like Esquire or Harper’s Bazaar in digital — even to some extent Vogue — is that you get into the scale game. Digital demands greater scale. I just don’t know how many men are trying to figure out if corduroy is back in fashion.”
The plan is “targeting marketers who are seeking brand-safe content and high-quality audiences that are difficult to find elsewhere.”
“These are professional-class jobs paying working-class wages, and these people have working-class worries about being downsized, laid off, cast aside in a market that is really stripped down.”