About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of digital media giants like BuzzFeed and Vox Media as the traffic-driven publishing model collapses.

Once valued in the billions, digital media giants like BuzzFeed and Vox Media are now selling assets and restructuring as the old traffic-driven publishing model breaks down. On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, Digiday senior media editor Jessica Davies and senior media reporter Sara Guaglione joins hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson to unpack what the fall of billion-dollar valuations says about the future of digital media.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kimeko McCoy, Tim Peterson

Guests: Jessica Davies, Sara Guaglione

Topics covered

• digital media
• site traffic
• publishing model
• restructuring
• media valuation
• BuzzFeed
• Vox

Keywords

• digital media
• BuzzFeed
• Vox Media
• traffic-driven model
• restructuring
• media valuation
• publishing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BuzzFeed, Vox Media

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