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Ben Smith

  1. screen time
    The News Went ViralThe media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake?
    By John Herrman
  2. stop the presses
    The End of Buzzfeed News Isn’t Very Surprising News“You learn the lesson of the thing you did before,” says Ben Smith.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  3. stop the presses
    Everybody Isn’t In On the (Same) Joke in D.C. AnymoreExcept maybe Kim K.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  4. stop the presses
    Ben Smith Goes GlobalThe Times media columnist — defecting for a news start-up — was never an institutionalist anyway.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  5. media
    Carlos Watson and Ozy Might Be in Real Legal JeopardyWatson just gave a chatty interview. But he is now speaking to regulators and prosecutors, too — whether he knows it or not.
    By Ankush Khardori
  6. the media
    ‘It Was Weird and Culty’: Carlos Watson’s Mismanagement of Ozy“The ritual humiliation began with the lull. When you were comfortable, he came in with a hammer,” says a top staffer. “It was shocking.”
    By Jeff Wise
  7. vision 2020
    Will Fox News Save Democracy With an Accurate Election Night Call?The real test for decision desks may come when data suggests a call for Biden despite Trump’s in-person voting lead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. encounter
    Starting Trouble With the New York Times Media Columnist Ben Smith“I like asking weird, awkward questions that don’t necessarily make me seem like a good person.”
    By Clare Malone
  9. just asking questions
    Ben Smith on What He’ll Bring to the New York TimesThe BuzzFeed News head will soon take over the media column made famous by David Carr.
    By James D. Walsh
  10. the media
    BuzzFeed News Editor Ben Smith to Join New York TimesSmith, a pioneer in digital media, is taking over the “Media Equation” column once helmed by the late David Carr.
    By Chas Danner
  11. interview
    Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith on What’s Wrong (and Right) With the Media“If you want to please people, you’re in the wrong line of work.”
    By Nick Tabor
  12. blog-stained wretches
    BuzzFeed Fires Serial Plagiarist Benny Johnson lifted material from other websites at least 40 times.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  13. blog-stained wretches
    BuzzFeed Has Itself a Serial Plagiarist Viral politics editor Benny Johnson, from sources like Yahoo! Answers, Wikipedia, and About.com.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  14. media spats
    Fired BuzzFeed Writer Did Not Find Termination Letter ‘Cute’But that’s what the affixed Post-it note said.
    By Adam Martin
  15. media
    BuzzFeed Raises $15.5 Million for Ben Smith MakeoverThe website’s board is now full of former Huffington Post execs.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  16. Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa’s Media Watering HoleTalking with new editor Ben Smith as he begins to change the site’s identity with Iowa coverage. Plus: Check out the press pass.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  17. Ben Smith Is Moving to BuzzFeedIs this lol, cute, omg, wtf, win, or fail?
    By Noreen Malone
  18. early and often
    Is This Really the Best Political Ad This Year?“Chinese Professor” is winning fawning praise.
    By Dan Amira
  19. early and often
    St. Paul Report: David Carr on Why This Will Be the Last Convention of Its KindIt was David Carr who gave us the best, most colorful assessment of what it was like to be a reporter here.
    By Jada Yuan