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Boyle: Top Journalists Will Leave Premier News Institutions for Independent Platforms
“So I do think you can see a shift even at the top, even at the Washington Post and the New York Times, where people will opt out of those premier institutions because they value the freedom to monetize their following. And they also value the freedom to say wh…”
Borthwick: The Washington Post succeeded under Jeff Bezos rather than becoming a plaything
“And then you match with that what he's done personally with the Washington Post. I mean, I think that the Post is, you know, was one of the single best sources of journalism in And, you know, most people expected after he acquired it that it would become sort …”
Modern ad arbitrage requires Wall Street-style black-box trading systems
“I mean, at this point, you know, if you want to try and do internet arbitrage you know, most of the most successful guys are using, I mean, Borderline Wall Street style, like, black box trading systems. Back then, you could literally go on a commission junctio…”
Boyle: Poor Washington Post Business Model Forced Her Departure From Journalism
“So I probably would have been a journalist the rest of my life Had it not been for just a terrible business model when I was at the post.”
Digg was dismantled and sold to Washington Post, LinkedIn, and Betaworks
“At the end of 2012, what happened was that Dig was really split apart into kind of three different deals. The first was that a lot of the folks, the people, and the tech went to Washington Post, and then the second was that a bunch of the patents went to Linke…”