Podcast ads start to act more like the web

Trying to move podcasts to web-like “industry standard advertising” is worse than violating the spirit of *If it ain’t broke don’t fix it* — this is breaking something that definitely works for something we know doesn’t.

One year after January 6th, we look back at our reporting on the militia movement.

The Wall Street Journal's stubborn conservatism.

The former employee also says the company hides behind flat offices and metrics to shirk its responsibility.

Tracing the evolution of tech’s three eras, and why the fourth era — the Metaverse — is defined by its bifurcation with the physical world.

The Verge turns five on November 1st, and we’re in the process of refreshing our entire brand for the next five years. In Refreshing The Verge, we’ll be looking at how that refresh process works,...

Things look a little different around The Verge today. Very different. Like a thousand lasers shining through your mind, pointing at the future.

pResponses to this report written by journalists and media scholars. Each focusing on a specific issue raised,  including legal considerations (Victoria Baranetsky), online harassment (Michelle Ferrier), representation (Leonor Ayala Polley), audience trust (Benjamin Toff), and objectivity (Laura Wagner), can be read here. Executive Summary Journalists increasingly rely on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter […]/p

"If I was queen for a day, what I would honestly do is fire every journalism professor and hire adjuncts working in the field. That's, like, my dream."

Vox’s flagship daily news podcast will also air on local public radio stations nationwide, in partnership with WNYC Studios.

Dorsey announced the decision via his favorite social media platform.

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The journalists of Novaya Gazeta report on dangerous conflicts—and endure threats of their own.

Hot Singles, a weekly email newsletter, evokes nostalgia for a simpler approach to finding romance, before dating apps were ubiquitous.

Instead of letting public access channels wither due to commercial market fluctuations, we should publicly fund and expand the precious communication infrastructure that access media offers.

Companies speaking to reporters — especially tech companies, but they're by no means the only ones; media companies do it too — like to add information "on background." That means that the information they provide can be included in the story, but can't be attributed specifically to …

A seminal 2004 study was among the first to investigate the connection between deception rates and technology. What does a 2021 update show?

In the past 15 years, one in four newspapers has shuttered in the U.S. We talk with Art Cullen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, editor, and co-owner of 'The Storm Lake Times' in the meatpacking town of Storm Lake, Iowa. He and his family are the subject of a new documentary, called 'Storm Lake,' about the challenges the industry is facing as news moves to free digital platforms and ad revenues dwindle. The film is opening in select theaters and be on PBS Nov. 15.

Sean Illing talks with Joe Bernstein of BuzzFeed News about online disinformation and what — if anything — can be done about it. They discuss the role of tech giants in the spread of propaganda, why it's been impossible for researchers to agree on what disinformation even is, and how the nature of both mass media and democracy means that disinformation is here to stay. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox Guest: Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein), Senior Reporter, BuzzFeed News References:  "Bad News: Selling the story of disinformation" by Joseph Bernstein (Harper's; Sept. 2021) "Civil Society Must Be Defended: Misinformation, Moral Panics, and Wars of Restoration" by Jack Bratich (Communication, Culture & Critique 13 (3); Sept. 2020) "The Priest in Politics: Father Charles E. Coughlin and the Presidential Election of 1936" by Philip A. Grant Jr. (Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia 101 (1); 1990) "Lying in Politics: Reflections on The Pentagon Papers" b

The site wants musicians, gamers and athletes to join adult models in selling subscriptions.

“Reply All Records presents: Microsoft Holiday Hits. The great selection of holiday songs EVER assembled. 🔈📺 https://t.co/Ml0lIqGeEt”

The Verge is a big thing that feels small; we’re going to keep it that way.

Ben Smith is the media columnist for The New York Times. He was the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. “I do think there's some kind of personality flaw deep in there of wanting to like, you know, find stuff out and tell people.... I'm

After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech’s troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.