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Did Clickbait Kill Buzzfeed and the Digital Media Era?

Offline with Jon Favreau

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Introduction

John Favreau talks with Ben Smith, founder of Semaphore and former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. The last couple of weeks have felt like the end of a very specific era online. How did places like BuzzFeed and Huffington Post go from digital media giants to shuttered newsrooms? And what does that mean for journalism and the internet going forward?

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