News is a very hard business in this day and age, I'm surprised anyone is willing to take on the risk of starting a new company. It seems like social media has killed the news market pretty hard
News is a very hard business in this day and age, I'm surprised anyone is willing to take on the risk of starting a new company. It seems like social media has killed the news market pretty hard
Before that craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, ebay, etsy and other services killed the classified ad business that was a huge revenue source for local news.
Before that craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, ebay, etsy and other services killed the classified ad business that was a huge revenue source for local news.
I'll be following this new project as a lot of the articles written by Joseph Cox at Motherboard were right up my alley.
Hello, and welcome to 404 Media, a new digital media company created, owned, written, edited by four journalists who until very recently worked at VICE’s Motherboard.
At 404 Media, we aspire to do society-shifting technology journalism, and to create a sustainable, responsible, reader-supported media business around it.
I'll be following this new project as a lot of the articles written by Joseph Cox at Motherboard were right up my alley.
Looking at all of VICE's articles many were low effort and click bait. But in my opinion, the tech subsection 'Motherboard' was different and had quite some good and in-depth articles, many of...
Looking at all of VICE's articles many were low effort and click bait. But in my opinion, the tech subsection 'Motherboard' was different and had quite some good and in-depth articles, many of them written by the journalists who are now writing for 404 media.
News is a very hard business in this day and age, I'm surprised anyone is willing to take on the risk of starting a new company. It seems like social media has killed the news market pretty hard
Before that craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, ebay, etsy and other services killed the classified ad business that was a huge revenue source for local news.
I'll be following this new project as a lot of the articles written by Joseph Cox at Motherboard were right up my alley.
For those of you who also enjoy Joseph Cox, their articles that have been posted to Tildes can be found with the author.joseph cox tag.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai needs to quit his job at TechCrunch and join 404. 404 will then be fully staffed with its A team.
Looks like there are already some super interesting articles on there. I will definitely be following, thanks for sharing.
I tried many times but Vice always kind of sucked.
Looking at all of VICE's articles many were low effort and click bait. But in my opinion, the tech subsection 'Motherboard' was different and had quite some good and in-depth articles, many of them written by the journalists who are now writing for 404 media.