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I started to notice some thing weird while using Reddit, every link post from Condé Nast owned news outlet was getting a high amount of upvotes and awards while other publications had a very normal rate of awards( usually zero, with the exception of the sponsored ones) and upvotes.

That when I started to investigate this matter till I found out about this.

They are boosting their publications on Reddit on the major subreddits. They are trying to give their publications a advantage over all the other news outlets.

They have the ability to kill the other news outlets if they keep doing that. Avoid them as if your freedom is dependent on it.

  • Troy@lemmy.ca
    6·
    23 days ago

    Corporate journalism is digging (no pun intended) its own grave in many cases.

    A feedback cycle where no one wants to pay for content, so advertisers are needed to fund their staff, which means clicks and engagement become the metric of success. But, the solution is either publicly funded news (largely unpopular), or regulating the open internet (more unpopular). So, yeah, the death of corporate journalism is coming.

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      23 days ago

      Ah, publicly funded news. Which the junta is trying to eviscerate.

      I’ve honestly been pushing for the death of corporate journalism, as we’re past the point where it can be rebuilt. Under this structure, there is no path forward, especially given the widespread fealty revealed last fall by LAT and WaPo.

      We have a thriving propaganda community within journalism, but that’s, uh … not the goal here. It’s not as though boots-on-the-ground reporters want to be doing this, but fucked-up motivators lead to fucked-up results in any industry.

      But hey, a few more mergers can fix that before it’s revealed as a house of cards, causing mass layoffs while executives sip mojitos.

      I hate this timeline.