The New Online | Damage Control (Ep. 550)

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Tumblr announced this week that they are going to ban all adult content from the site (2:00), and many believe this signals the end for the social platform (9:25). The millennial-focused news site Mic laid off the majority of their staff this week ahead of a sale to Bustle Digital Group (21:10); the company may be a parable of what not to do as a young digital media company (30:06). Hosts: Justin Charity and Kate Knibbs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, it's Liz Kelly.
0:04.0	All month long, the ringer will be breaking down 2018's highs and lows in music, pop
0:08.8	culture, sports, TV and film.
0:11.5	Some of the things we've hit so far are the best TV show episodes and the best rap albums
0:15.3	of the year, and this week we are writing about the best performances in the 10 Best Action
0:19.6	Movies of 2018.
0:21.2	Plus we'll be reacting to both the Golden Globes and Grammy nominations on the site.
0:25.1	You can check all of these things out on TheRinger.com
0:30.1	I'm Justin Charity and I'm Kate Nibb.
0:45.2	Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack what upsets,
0:50.5	excites and divides us in popular culture.
0:53.8	It's been a tough month for the media, including a mass layoff at Mike.
0:59.0	Since up and coming company that build itself as a news site for millennials, Mike had
1:04.0	a large staff, Deluxe offices in the New World Trade Center, and a cozy relationship
1:09.4	with Facebook.
1:11.2	This month, Mike fired all but two of their staff and are now being sold to bustle.
1:15.2	We're going to talk about what this means for the industry in general.
1:19.4	But first, porn.
1:22.1	This is the porn app.
1:23.1	This week, Tumblr said it's banning nudity from its iconically porn-filled website.
1:30.0	We're going to talk about Tumblr's porn problem and what it says about the evolution of
1:36.1	internet culture and social media culture and the gentrification of the web.
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