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Get Up to Speed: The End of an Era for Digital Media?

News sites once hailed as the future of journalism are making steep cuts or shutting down altogether. What went wrong?

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WHAT’S HAPPENING: Hard Times Are Here for News Sites and Social Media. Is This the End of Web 2.0?

A steep decline in advertising is forcing a historic shakeup in digital news and social media, and leading some to imagine navigating the internet without the likes of Google or Facebook.

HOW DID WE GET HERE: The News Went Viral

The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake?

THE INSIDER VIEW: Why Digital Media is Melting Down

A conversation with BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti and Gawker’s Nick Denton about why the 2010s digital media boom went bust, plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.

WHAT’S NEXT: It’s Back to the Future for a Diminished Digital News Business

Homepage traffic, blogging, niche email newsletters. They were some of the foundational concepts of digital media in the early 2000s. And as the digital news media business turns again, they’re increasingly the ones media organizations are turning to.

TIME CAPSULE: BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down. Here Are Pocket Readers’ 10 Favorite Stories

The most-saved BuzzFeed News stories of all time, including a classic essay on burnout and explorations of how the internet broke our brains.

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