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design by lucy Quintanillathe washington post1the washington post the washington postâ€œVox Media is poised to get another investment from NBC Universal, a deal that would value the publisher at $850 million.â€ - Digiday, 2015â€œItâ€™s hard to be an independent publisher these days.â€ - John Wagner, group director of published media at PHD, two months after Vox missed its revenue target by 15%Refinery29career opportunitiesNEW MEDIAThen â€œThe ambition of having 10 million digital subscribers is possible for us,â€ - New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, 2016. Now â€œWeâ€™ve continued to make encouraging progress and are seeing far lower monthly churn than a few years ago.â€ - CEO Mark Thompson on news that the companyâ€™s subscriber revenue hit $1 billion Then â€œVox Media is poised to get another investment from NBC Universal, a deal that would value the publisher at $850 million.â€ - Digiday, 2015 Now â€œItâ€™s hard to be an independent publisher these days.â€ - John Wagner, group director of published media at PHD, two months after Vox missed its revenue target by 15%Then â€œVox Media is poised to get another investment from NBC Universal, a deal that would value the publisher at $850 million.â€ - Digiday, 2015 Now â€œItâ€™s hard to be an independent publisher these days.â€ - John Wagner, group director of published media at PHD, two months after Vox missed its revenue target by 15% Then â€œThe ambition of having 10 million digital subscribers is possible for us,â€ - New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, December 2016. Now â€œWeâ€™ve continued to make encouraging progress and are seeing far lower monthly churn than a few years ago.â€ - CEO Mark Thompson on news that the companyâ€™s subscriber revenue hit $1 billionvox mediaculture and values the washington post work/life balance buzzfeedThen â€œThe ambition of having 10 million digital subscribers is possible for us,â€ - New York Times CEO Mark Thompson December, 2016. Now â€œWeâ€™ve continued to make encouraging progress and are seeing far lower monthly churn than a few years ago.â€ - CEO Mark Thompson on news that the companyâ€™s subscriber revenue hit $1 billion Then "My prediction is, [The Post] is going to be in investment mode for some time." - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who bought The Post in 2013 Now â€œI really believe a healthy newspaper that has an independent newsroom should be self-sustaining. And I think itâ€™s achievable. And weâ€™ve achieved it.â€ - Jeff Bezos Then "My prediction is, [The Post] is going to be in investment mode for some time." - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who bought The Post in 2013 Now â€œI really believe a healthy newspaper that has an independent newsroom should be self-sustaining. And I think itâ€™s achievable. And weâ€™ve achieved it.â€ - Jeff Bezos Then "My prediction is, [The Post] is going to be in investment mode for some time." - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who bought The Post in 2013 Now â€œI really believe a healthy newspaper that has an independent newsroom should be self-sustaining. And I think itâ€™s achievable. And weâ€™ve achieved it.â€ - Jeff Bezoswork/life balanceThe companiesâ€™ fortunes are reflected in the moods of their employees. We recently looked at the Glassdoor scores of companies across industries*. But examining a handful of companies provides a b arometer of an industry whose members face wildly divergent fates. Hereâ€™s how employees at six outlets feel about whatâ€™s going on behind the scenes of the content in your social feeds.overall score5Refinery29buzzfeedoverall scoreGet more stunning visual stories every week.vice media3career opportunitiesRefinery29Then "My prediction is, [The Post] is going to be in investment mode for some time." - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who bought The Post in 2013 Now â€œI really believe a healthy newspaper that has an independent newsroom should be self-sustaining. And I think itâ€™s achievable. And weâ€™ve achieved it.â€ - Jeff BezosThen

â€œVox Media is poised to get another investment from NBC Universal, a deal that would value the publisher at $850 million.â€ - Digiday, 2015 Now â€œItâ€™s hard to be an independent publisher these days.â€ - John Wagner, group director of published media at PHD, two months after Vox missed its revenue target by 15%

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It was the year when New Media companies like Vice and Vox and Mic rode their valuations high into the atmosphere, as the principal threats to stalwart journalistic machines like The New York Times and The Washington Post. And, with their sheen of disruption and open office perks they were amongst the most desirable places to work. â€œI Hate Myself Because I Don't Work For BuzzFeedâ€ read the title of one journalistâ€™s tragicomic cry published on The Awl. But the same forces that felled The Awl this past January have also undermined any title reliant on ad revenueâ€”the rapacious consumption of advertising dollars by Google and Facebook. Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeedâ€™s founder and CEO, recently broached the notion of forming a content cartel of new mediaâ€™s heavy hitters to wield heft in negotiating ad dollars with Silicon Valley. Meanwhile institutions (aka newspapers) have found a new business model in selling subscriptions to 24/7 Trump coverage and new purpose as Presidential attacks on the press persist.

buzzfeedhree years ago Vice, Vox, Refinery29, and Buzzfeed were the cool kids of media. But did they just peak in high school? We analyzed Glassdoor data to find out what itâ€™s like to work at new (and old) media companies and discover that maybe the kids are not all right. buzzfeedThen â€œWeâ€™re going come along and disrupt everything, and everyoneâ€™s going say Iâ€™m fâ€”ing the Devil himself. And then 12 months from now weâ€™ll be on the cover of Time magazine as the guys who brought millennials back to TV.â€ - Shane Smith, CEO Now â€œFirst off, [replacement CEO Nancy Dubuc] is better than me at everything." - Shane Smith, former CEOillustrations by prostoira777, vectorhot / stockadobe.comillustrations by incomible / stockadobe.comThen

â€œToday, the company reaches hundreds of millions of readers, employs 1,300 people around the world and was last valued at around $1.5 billion.â€ - CEO Jonah Peretti Now â€œI feel good about where our business is now,â€ Peretti said. â€œWhen youâ€™re a venture [capital] backed company, youâ€™re investing in the future and trying to build something really big. Sometimes, itâ€™s not smart to focus on profitability.â€

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â€œWeâ€™re going come along and disrupt everything, and everyoneâ€™s going say Iâ€™m fâ€”ing the Devil himself. And then 12 months from now weâ€™ll be on the cover of Time magazine as the guys who brought millennials back to TV.â€ - Shane Smith, CEO Now â€œFirst off, [replacement CEO Nancy Dubuc] is better than me at everything."- Shane Smith, former CEO

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Then "We believe the world is sitting on a huge, untapped resource. And that's women who have been unable to reach their full potential.â€ - cofounder Piera Gelardi Now â€œAll of this means that we will parting ways with approximately 10 percent of our workforce. This decision was not taken lightly, it is hard but necessary for the company.â€ - a 2018 memo from cofounders.

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"We believe the world is sitting on a huge, untapped resource. And that's women who have been unable to reach their full potential.â€ - cofounder Piera Gelardi Now â€œAll of this means that we will parting ways with approximately 10 percent of our workforce. This decision was not taken lightly, it is hard but necessary for the company.â€ - a 2018 memo from cofounders.

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â€œWeâ€™re going come along and disrupt everything, and everyoneâ€™s going say Iâ€™m fâ€”ing the Devil himself. And then 12 months from now weâ€™ll be on the cover of Time magazine as the guys who brought millennials back to TV.â€ - Shane Smith, CEO Now â€œFirst off, [replacement CEO Nancy Dubuc] is better than me at everything."- Shane Smith, former CEO

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"We believe the world is sitting on a huge, untapped resource. And that's women who have been unable to reach their full potential.â€ - cofounder Piera Gelardi Now â€œAll of this means that we will parting ways with approximately 10 percent of our workforce. This decision was not taken lightly, it is hard but necessary for the company.â€ - a 2018 memo from cofounders.

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â€œToday, the company reaches hundreds of millions of readers, employs 1,300 people around the world and was last valued at around $1.5 billion.â€ - CEO Jonah Peretti Now â€œI feel good about where our business is now,â€ Peretti said. â€œWhen youâ€™re a venture [capital] backed company, youâ€™re investing in the future and trying to build something really big. Sometimes, itâ€™s not smart to focus on profitability.â€

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â€œWeâ€™re going come along and disrupt everything, and everyoneâ€™s going say Iâ€™m fâ€”ing the Devil -. And then 12 months from now weâ€™ll be on the cover of Time magazine as the guys who brought millennials back to TV.â€ - Shane Smith, CEO Now â€œFirst off, [replacement CEO Nancy Dubuc] is better than me at everything." - Shane Smith, former CEO

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"We believe the world is sitting on a huge, untapped resource. And that's women who have been unable to reach their full potential.â€ - cofounder Piera Gelardi Now â€œAll of this means that we will parting ways with approximately 10 percent of our workforce. This decision was not taken lightly, it is hard but necessary for the company.â€ - a 2018 memo from cofounders.

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â€œToday, the company reaches hundreds of millions of readers, employs 1,300 people around the world and was last valued at around $1.5 billion.â€ - CEO Jonah Peretti Now â€œI feel good about where our business is now,â€ Peretti said. â€œWhen youâ€™re a venture [capital] backed company, youâ€™re investing in the future and trying to build something really big. Sometimes, itâ€™s not smart to focus on profitability.â€

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â€œThe ambition of having 10 million digital subscribers is possible for us,â€ - New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, 2016 Now â€œWeâ€™ve continued to make encouraging progress and are seeing far lower monthly churn than a few years ago.â€ - CEO Mark Thompson on news that the companyâ€™s subscriber revenue hit $1 billion

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â€œToday, the company reaches hundreds of millions of readers, employs 1,300 people around the world and was last valued at around $1.5 billion.â€ - CEO Jonah Peretti Now â€œI feel good about where our business is now,â€ Peretti said. â€œWhen youâ€™re a venture [capital] backed company, youâ€™re investing in the future and trying to build something really big. Sometimes, itâ€™s not smart to focus on profitability.â€

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