Remember when bitcoin was going to disrupt the world's banking system? That was two years ago and, while new payment platforms like Venmo and Apple Pay have gained traction, virtual currencies now feel more like a fad than a phenomenon.…
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The seven most interesting things BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti said to Felix Salmon in his massive interview
In a series of interviews, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti talked with blogger Felix Salmon about the rise of Huffington Post, the evolution of BuzzFeed and the future of media. It's really long, so we picked out the most interesting and/or important parts…
Read MoreThe future of media isn’t about breaking news scoops, it’s about credibility and trust
Felix Salmon is right when he says that only journalists really care about who broke the news about a specific event -- what really matters to readers is whom they trust to give them context and understanding…
Read MoreFelix Salmon is leaving Reuters for the Fusion network because the future of media is “post text”
Financial and media blogger Felix Salmon says he is leaving Reuters to join Fusion, a cable channel co-owned by ABC and Univision, because the future of storytelling and communication is not in text but in video, animation and other digital experiments…
Read MoreCrowdfunding comes up short: Why the final part of the JOBS Act will never work
Full-blown crowdfunding -- which allows anybody to buy shares in any company on the internet -- has attracted hype, but it's still not here. There are good reasons for that.…
Read MoreSecondMarket CEO explains Bitcoin bet, and why his firm still has swagger
SecondMarket made its name - and a lot of its money - as a forum for pre-IPO Facebook shares. Now, it's betting on Bitcoin and other exotic investments to reclaim mojo; but its best opportunity may be as a service provider to a growing ranks of angel investors.…
Read MoreThe new writer’s dilemma: You wrote something really great — now, where do you put it?
With the proliferation of new publishing platforms -- and not just blogs or social networks, but also all-digital publishers like Medium, LinkedIn and the Huffington Post -- how does a writer decide where they should put their work?…
Read MoreNative advertising: winners, losers and a lot of hype
"Native advertising" is on the lips of everyone in publishing and advertising these days. Blogger and skeptic Felix Salmon asked executives from BuzzFeed and Forbes what it really means.…
Read MoreDoing that one thing
You might have noticed that there is an active debate around the future of freelance journalism in a digital-first world. As a digital writer & founder of a digital-only media company, I have my own twist on this tale. Have a read.…
Read MoreWhat is the purpose of a newspaper?
Newspapers find themselves at a crossroads: they need to generate more revenue in order to stay in business, but some of the ways they could do that might conflict with the public-interest aspect of journalism. How do they find a middle road -- or can they?…
Read MoreCNN Mashing Up With Mashable? Not So Fast
CNN might yet end up as the owner of Mashable but it's not imminent despite a single-source report from Felix Salmon at *Reuters*.…
Read MoreA first look at YouTube’s new TV stars
Dozens of premium-content channels bankrolled by YouTube have been launching on the video site since January. So how have the first few weeks been for YouTube's new TV stars? We caught up with Philip DeFranco, John Green and Felix Salmon to find out.…
Read MoreMurdoch At The Center Of The Story — But Not In Control
For a man who's spent his entire life in the media business and understands it as well as anybody who's ever lived, Rupert Murdoch is quite……
Read MorepC2011 Video: Felix Salmon Interviews Nick Denton, Founder, Gawker Media
Gawker Media Founder Nick Denton captured the essence of his Q&A at our recent paidContent 2011 conference when he facetiously cited a six-y……
Read More@ pC2011: Denton: The Internet Is A Mass Medium, Not A Niche One
In a very amiable dialogue about the nature of "internet success," Gawker founder Nick Denton told Reuters' finance blogger Felix Salmon tha……
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