BuzzFeed and other big media brands of the social-web heyday were casualties of a gold rush controlled by Silicon Valley giants.

How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos

A devastating round of layoffs is the latest reflection of digital media’s woes.

Why consolidation is bad for journalism—and how the government can fix it

BuzzFeed’s acquisition of HuffPost might be good for both companies, but it reflects an industry that’s long past its vibrant period of upstart energy.

Liberals seem to love reading about the president refusing to concede to Joe Biden. But these stories distract from the real issues at hand.

The biggest threat to the health of the media industry is Silicon Valley. And the antidote might just be organized labor.

A new drama about the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard renders an abusive relationship with brutal clarity.

How an online swarm has developed a sophisticated mechanism to harass and gaslight journalists—and to get mainstream media outlets to join in.

It will help. But the industry needs much more to survive.

Even without BuzzFeed’s explosive report about Michael Cohen, the evidence shows that the president has persuaded his associates to lie to Congress and the feds.

Her new book is a brilliant autopsy of print journalism. But she stumbles when she takes on the new digital wave.

No one has figured out how to make internet journalism profitable. And in 2016, it showed.

The appetite for false news stories in 2016 was driven by mainstream Republicans looking to justify a vote for Donald Trump.

Does Herman Melville’s classic make sense in the internet age?