2023 has already been the worst year for media jobs yet.

Busfeed will lay off about 15% of its staff

and it's going to completely shut down the news unit itself.

Vice Media was once one of the hottest names in new media.

They've just filed for bankruptcy protection.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Michael L Loneser.

Meanwhile, the New York Times won the tumultuous era of digital media, in part by emulating the success of Silicon Valley.

They're trying to be a kind of destination for people's whole lives.

And if they can get there, then they have all sorts of other things they can sell.

Plus, a handful of new publications are tearing down the old culture of the newsbiz.

When you aren't determined to grow at a rapid pace and you aren't beholden to those kind of

corporate bosses, running a media company really isn't that complicated.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Michael Loeinger.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. It's a bad time for the news business.

Actually, it is usually, but this is one of the worst.

This year, a record number of job cuts so far,

over 19,000 of them, according to one study.

Just last week, GeoMedia declared the shuddering of Jezebel.

Female focused website Jezebel is shutting down after 16 years.

Earlier this year, there were other seismic shifts in the digital media world.

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