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Traffic Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral

Ben Smith

“Engrossing and suspenseful." If attention is the new oil,

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The Bulwark Podcast

The guest, Ben Smith, discussed his brand new book, which explored the origin stories of the current media landscape through the lens of companies like BuzzFeed News and Gawker. The book examined the rise and fall of the social media news age, focusing on the race to go viral.

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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.

— Episode: Ben Smith: The Rise and Fall of the Soci...

Episode: Ben Smith: The Rise and Fall of the Social Media N...

The guest, Ben Smith, discussed his brand new book, which explored the origin stories of the current media landscape through the lens of companies like BuzzFeed News and Gawker. The book examined the rise and fall of the social media news age, focusing on the race to go viral.

"

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.

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