Ben Smith's book, 'Traffic,' was discussed, focusing on the rise and fall of digital media in the 2010s, particularly Buzzfeed, Vice, and the impact on news and social media.
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He has a new book out and he's talking about, you know, he was with BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed obviously is going under. He was part of that whole 2010s media buildup.
Ben Smith's book, 'Traffic,' was discussed, focusing on the rise and fall of digital media in the 2010s, particularly Buzzfeed, Vice, and the impact on news and social media.
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He has a new book out and he's talking about, you know, he was with BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed obviously is going under. He was part of that whole 2010s media buildup.
Traffic, genius rivalry and delusion in the billion dollar race to go viral.
Yeah. And thanks for having me on and congratulations on the show.
When I was in, after I left BuzzFeed in 2019, I went to the Times and was their media columnist for a couple of years.
And I guess found myself feeling like it was, as you say, kind of the end of an era. But also then wondering kind of, okay, what was that? What did we all just live through? Where did it begin and why?
Ben Smith's book, "Traffic," was discussed in the context of the 2010s digital media boom and bust, with BuzzFeed as a key example, and the current state of media.
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He has a new book out and he's talking about, you know, he was with BuzzFeed. BuzzFeed obviously is going under. He was part of that whole 2010s media buildup.
Traffic, genius rivalry and delusion in the billion dollar race to go viral.
When I was in, after I left BuzzFeed in 2019, I went to the Times and was their media columnist for a couple of years.
And I guess found myself feeling like it was, as you say, kind of the end of an era. But also then wondering kind of, okay, what was that? What did we all just live through? Where did it begin and why?
I encourage everybody to go buy the book. We'll have a link down in the description of this video.
The book discussed the origin stories of the current state of media, detailing the rise and fall of the social media news age through the lens of Buzzfeed News and Gawker.
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And he has a brand new book which just came out this week, Traffic, Genius, Rivalry and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral.
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Episode: Ben Smith: The Rise and Fall of the Social Media N...
The book discussed the origin stories of the current state of media, detailing the rise and fall of the social media news age through the lens of Buzzfeed News and Gawker.
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And he has a brand new book which just came out this week, Traffic, Genius, Rivalry and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral.
I want to talk about this book, which I told you I read on a plane to Phoenix last week.
Your book examines the rise and fall of the social media news age through the lens of Buzzfeed News and Gawker.
Ben Smith's new book, which came out Tuesday is traffic genius, rivalry and delusion in the billion dollar race to go viral.
