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

Buzzfeed 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 just filed for bankruptcy

protection.

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

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 news this.

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 for Gladstone.

It's a bad time for the news business.

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

This year, a record number of job cuts so far over 17,000 of them.

Just this summer, the LA Times cut 74 staff positions.

Digital geographic laid off at staff writers and earlier this year, NPR, Fox, NBC, Spotify,

Insider, ABC, and Gnett also went under the knife, Gawker closed for the second time.

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