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Vox • BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti on why he bought HuffPost and why the New York Times can’t be "the paper of record"
The average column on a major publication receives less than 1,000 views. The articles that “go viral” only fall into three categories: They are about an insanely successful company (Apple). They provide an unexpected perspective on a controversial and trending topic. They focus on personal development/life advice. Out of my top 10 performing colum
... See moreNicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
Michael Rothman • All The Ways To Make Money In Media Without Ads
Brock has cultivated an impressive body of liberal megadonors and assembled an eclectic collection of no fewer than thirty smear-related projects, most notably his flagship “media watchdog,” Media Matters. This collection of groups was cited to me by nearly every Democrat and Republican operative I interviewed as the most ubiquitous and successful
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
but I was obsessive about maintaining an email-based newsletter for the band and for the house parties. I could send out an email to fifty Boston friends, they would spread the word, and two weeks later, hundreds
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Peter Hamby • Out with The Olds!
The NY Times , by comparison, has just 9 million subscribers. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to MrBeast, who runs 18 YouTube channels with more than 200 million subscribers—and now has his videos translated into Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.