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8:00a.m. screen time screen time The News Went Viral By John Herrman The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn ...
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images BuzzFeed, the archetypal new media company of the 2010s, announced last week that it was shutting down its news division. In 2012, the small “web buzz” start-up started hiring reporters. The newsroom …