{"id":9745,"date":"2023-04-24T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/the-digital-graveyard-buzzfeed-news-joins-sites-hanging-on-in-eerie-afterlife\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:38:14","slug":"the-digital-graveyard-buzzfeed-news-joins-sites-hanging-on-in-eerie-afterlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/24\/the-digital-graveyard-buzzfeed-news-joins-sites-hanging-on-in-eerie-afterlife\/","title":{"rendered":"The digital graveyard: BuzzFeed News joins sites hanging on in eerie afterlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

The site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets<\/p>\n

The closure of BuzzFeed News this week followed a familiar script for those who have followed the rise and fall of digital media. There were Twitter eulogies from current and former staff and op-eds on who was to blame for the site\u2019s mismanagement.<\/p>\n

Bosses promised to keep the BuzzFeed News site online as an archive, which means, like so many other failed online projects, whatever happened to be on the homepage that day will now be frozen in time forever. In this case: a feature<\/a> on the history of Midge, Barbie\u2019s pregnant sidekick, an explainer<\/a> on what to do after \u201coverdosing\u201d on weed and a review<\/a> of Le Creuset\u2019s new \u201cshallot\u201d cookware shade, which called the color \u201cthe trend child of millennial pink and Alison Roman\u2019s shallot pasta\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nThe site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets
\nThe closure of BuzzFeed News this week followed a familiar script for those who have followed the rise and fall of digital media. There were Twitter eulogies from current and former staff and op-eds on who was to blame for the site\u2019s mismanagement.
\nBosses promised to keep the BuzzFeed News site online as an archive, which means, like so many other failed online projects, whatever happened to be on the homepage that day will now be frozen in time forever. In this case: a feature on the history of Midge, Barbie\u2019s pregnant sidekick, an explainer on what to do after \u201coverdosing\u201d on weed and a review of Le Creuset\u2019s new \u201cshallot\u201d cookware shade, which called the color \u201cthe trend child of millennial pink and Alison Roman\u2019s shallot pasta\u201d. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The site will remain online as an archive, alongside the Gawker reboot, the Toast, and a host of other defunct outlets The closure of BuzzFeed News this week followed a familiar script for those who have followed the rise and fall of digital media. There were Twitter eulogies from current and former staff and op-eds …<\/p>\n

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