Here’s What Gawker Media Does

It was surprising to hear the news last week that right-wing billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been secretly trying to destroy Gawker Media through proxy lawsuits. It was dispiriting, and less surprising, to hear the conversation that followed the revelation. The discussion begins, in most cases, with the premise that Gawker is bad. Even those…

Read More

Two Problems With the New York Times Facebook Live Pitch Meeting

‘; if (google_ads[0].bidtype == ‘CPC’) { /* insert this snippet for each ad call */ google_adnum = google_adnum + google_ads.length; } document.write(s); } } google_ad_client = ‘ca-pub-0457527031304647’; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_max_num_ads = ‘1’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_skip = google_adnum; google_ad_channel = ‘1102379497’;It’s a testament to how game these reporters are that when,…

Read More

Viceland Employee Calls out Vice’s ‘Sexist’ Reputation on Live TV While Co-hosts Put a Condom on a Microphone

Viceland’s live broadcast from the Governors Ball music festival this Saturday night was a sloppy, sexist (I mean, “edgy”) mess, and the only person who seemed to notice was one very pissed-off host. Amidst rain delays and soaked TV equipment, three Viceland employees were brought in front of the cameras to waste time until The…

Read More

What We’ll Do When Ad Tech Dies | Shelly Palmer | LinkedIn

When you analyze the effects of fraud, viewability and ad blocking on the digital display advertising business, then add the ever-increasing abilities of the traffic launderers to game the system, you reach an inevitable conclusion: ad tech has evolved into a toxic ecosystem that is killing itself, and it is taking digital advertising with it….

Read More

Jake Tapper asked Donald Trump if his judge attack was racist — then followed up 23 times – The Washington Post

CNN reporter Jake Tapper asked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump if his judge attack was racist, then followed up 23 times. (Thomas Johnson/The Washington Post) There’s persistent … and then there’s Jake Tapper. The CNN anchor posed the following question to Donald Trump on Friday: Let me ask you about comments you made about the…

Read More