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Jun 2024
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Is the NY Times Just a Gaming Platform?

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Even the Grey Lady struggles to profit from the news. This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Semafor founder Ben Smith to discuss media profit models, the impact of Google’s AI on the news biz, and the TikTok-ification of information. In the Plus segment: Vivek Ramaswamy comes for Buzzfeed. 

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Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.


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