Carles
6 Depressing Reasons Your Local Newspaper Now Reads Like Buzzfeed
Newspapers aren’t dying, they’re just becoming platforms for new media digital conglomerates.
Gawker Is on Trial for the Sins of the Early Blogosphere
Perhaps the lesson of Gawker is that outside investors sanitize content for the purpose of sustainability.
The Rebranding of 4chan Founder Moot
Digital native Chris Poole rebranded himself. Can he rebrand online anonymity?
Google AMP Is a Horseman in the Open Web Apocalypse
The search giant’s Accelerated Mobile Pages are the latest vector for content consolidation on the internet.
The Super Bowl Is the Last Event That Doesn't Need Content Farms
The spectacle of the Super Bowl is too great to require the internet to even exist.
RIP Indie: Hipster Runoff's Carles on Rostam Leaving Vampy Weeks
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford drama?
Selling the Last Funny Content Farm
The Onion provides commentary on the mess that the internet has become, while also being a highly monetizable part of the mess.
How Content Farms Preyed on America's Powerball Dreams
You were never going to win Powerball, but you might win Powerball.
It’s 2016, and the Promise of the Internet Is Dead
This year the merger between big box internet and the big box traditional media will be complete.
When Tragedy Becomes Content
Terrorist groups know how to use a nation’s own culture against them. In America’s case, that means exploiting content farms.