In retrospect, Vox looks incredibly smart for not going public. BuzzFeed went public through a SPAC and the process dragged until it was the absolute worst time possible to do it. I think that definitely alienated him personally from, from the news department. And alienated a lot of journalists from him or run happy with how he handled it. But in retrospect, do you think you should have cut more costs?
To make sense of a turbulent and important week in media, we turn to Ben Smith who was the founding Editor in Chief of Buzzfeed News (2012 to 2020) and the former New York Times media critic (from 2020 to 2022). On the agenda: the shuttering of Buzzfeed News, the meaning of Murdoch's settlement with Dominion and what Ben is working on these days, including his news organization Semafor and his forthcoming book, Traffic.
Since we taped Kara got her blue check (against her wishes!) when Twitter re-verified some accounts over the weekend.
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