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Staying Alive

2023/7/21
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Ben Smith
前《纽约时报》媒体专栏作家，现任Semafor联合创始人与编辑总监，推动在线新闻创新和透明报道。
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Brooke Gladstone
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Christopher Robbins
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Clay Shirky
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Danny Funt
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Esther Wong
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Jasper Wang
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Kathy Zhang
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Max Rivlin-Nadler
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Micah Loewinger
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Nick Pinto
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Stacey Cowley
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Micah Loewinger: 2023年媒体行业裁员严重，BuzzFeed新闻部门关闭，Vice Media申请破产保护，凸显了行业困境。 Ben Smith: BuzzFeed的失败源于社交媒体平台对高质量新闻内容的低付费，以及平台自身对新闻内容的担忧和对用户参与度的过度关注，导致其商业模式难以为继。此外，右翼民粹主义的兴起也对数字媒体环境造成了冲击。 Brooke Gladstone: 新闻行业面临挑战，大量裁员，传统媒体公司转型艰难。 Clay Shirky: 科技公司概念模糊，其盈利模式多样，低利率环境对科技公司发展影响巨大。媒体公司将更容易招聘到精通互联网技术的员工，纽约时报是早期案例。 Kathy Zhang & Stacey Cowley: 纽约时报内部存在劳资纠纷，其将自己定位为科技公司与新闻公司之间的矛盾，反映了其内部的劳资纠纷。 Jasper Wang: Deadspin的报道风格对他的政治观点产生了影响，在Deadspin倒闭后，他和同事们创办了Defector，这是一个工人所有制公司，其商业模式与风险投资者的期望不符。 Christopher Robbins, Max Rivlin-Nadler & Esther Wong: Hellgate的创办是为了实现其创办者们想要做的工作和价值观，其名字象征着其在动荡环境中的稳定性，通过报道案件，产生了社会影响。 Danny Funt: Defector和Hellgate等媒体机构与传统媒体机构的主要区别在于，它们没有企业高管来干预新闻报道，新闻工作者拥有所有权和决策权。 Micah Loewinger: 纽约时报通过转型成为一家科技公司，成为互联网时代稳定的盈利巨头，其成功得益于“特朗普效应”，以及其多元化的内容。

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The New York Times has thrived in the digital media era, contrasting with widespread layoffs in the industry, by adopting strategies from Silicon Valley and focusing on becoming a destination for readers' lives.

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This year has seen record layoffs in the media industry, with some digital news giants closing down altogether. On this week’s On the Media, how did The New York Times rise to the top of the bleeding news business? Plus, instead of reaching for top profits, some new publications have opted for a humbler mission: survival.

  1. Ben Smith [@semaforben)], editor-in-chief and co-founder of Semafor, on what went wrong for BuzzFeed News, and why digital media is splintering. Listen).

  2. OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger)] examines why The New York Times is expanding, and thriving, even amongst record layoffs at other media outlets. Listen).

3. OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger)] takes a look at a growing cohort of new outlets around the US trying to wrestle journalism away from big capital through a co-operative business model. Listen).

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